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Voices of
Liberty |
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"Without freedom of
thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such
thing as public liberty without freedom of speech; which is
the right of every man as far as by it he does not hurt or
control the right of another; and this is the only check it
ought to suffer and the only bounds it ought to
know...Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must
begin by subduing the freedom of speech, a thing terrible to
traitors."
-- Benjamin Franklin
"A government big enough to give you everything you want,
is big enough to take away everything you have."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our
wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions,
they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
-- John Adams |
The
Proposal
BasicsProject.org has set in motion an initiative to put into place,
through the power of a Constitutional Amendment a mechanism that would:
1) Require candidates for the office of
President of the United States and Vice President of the United States
(candidates for elected office in the Executive Branch) to present an
original and/or first-source, vaulted birth certificate establishing
their naturally born citizenship and age to the President Pro Tempore of
the United States Senate no later than forty-eight (48) hours after
receiving his political party's nomination for validation. The candidate
will further provide proof of residency as required for the office
sought as mandated by the United States Constitution thus proving
satisfaction of Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution.
2) Establish an exclusive protocol which the President Pro Tempore of
the Senate will use to certify the original and/or first-source, vaulted
birth certificates from candidates submitted by candidates for President
of the United States and Vice President of the United States (the
Executive Branch) pursuant to Section 4 of this Amendment.
3) Establish, exclusively and in
pre-emption of all other legally and constitutionally held definitions,
a definition of "natural born citizen" for the purpose of satisfying the
qualifications set forth in Article II, Section 1 of the United States
Constitution for eligibility to hold the office of President of the
United States.
4) Establish and fully fund, in
perpetuity, a certification process charged to and administered by the
chief librarian of the United States Library of Congress that certifies
the authenticity of all documents submitted by candidates for the
offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the
United States as required by this amendment including: original and/or
first-source, vaulted birth certificates and relevant records. Upon
certification by the chief librarian of the United States Library of
Congress these documents will be securely transported and transferred by
the chief librarian of the United States Library of Congress for housing
to last the duration of the candidate's tenure at the secure open-source
archive located and maintained at the United States National Archive.
5) Establish and fully fund, in
perpetuity, an open-source, secure archive located at the United States
National Archive commanded to receive and maintain the certified,
original and/or first-source, vaulted birth certificates from candidates
seeking the offices of President of the United States and Vice President
of the United States as certified by the President Pro Tempore of the
United States Senate pursuant to Section 2 of this Amendment and the
chief librarian of the United States Library of Congress pursuant to
Section 4 of this Amendment. |
