Philosophy of Law & Government
- Principles of Government
- Essential Principles for the Conservation
of
Liberty
- Philosophy of Government Compared
- Citizen
Compact
- New Constitutional
Proposal
CITIZEN
COMPACT
PROPOSED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CITIZENS AND
RESIDENTS
CITIZEN
Requirements:
Minimum age, 12 years old
Must pass the uniform language test of the
national language(s),
Must pass a basic test on constitutional law
and fundamental rights.
Must agree and sign the Citizen Compact
and covenant not to act or promote the undermining of these rights
(see below).
Must pay an annual Citizen tax.
Must maintain a registered vote in all
national and state elections of primary residency unless
incapacitated
Males must agree to receive 6 months
military training (by private or public means meeting
uniform standards)
Males must agree to serve a minimum of two years
active duty (only during a declared war by Congress where there is
a direct threat to the liberty of this nation). All other military
service to be voluntary with pay.
Must agree to limited eminent domain
takings by government w/fair market compensation (strictly
limited to major highways; transportation, communication, and
utility corridors; and military and police facilities) only in
critical geographical locations, where no other viable, economical
alternative is available. Burden of proof on government
Must agree to the following Limitations On The
Right To Bear Arms: That the Citizen will not possess weapons
of mass destruction capable of killing or maiming large numbers of
people simultaneously.
Agrees to lose citizenship (reduced to
Resident) upon conviction of the following:
- Conviction of unjustified Murder (loss of
citizenship is permanent)
- Convicted of a violent crime, causing permanent
injury to another, or any total of 3 other criminal actions. (Can
only become a Resident thereafter after paying full restitution to
victims).
- Conviction of Treason (permanent loss of
Citizens, and/or exile)
- Thrice failing to maintain an active vote,
without excuse (can recover citizenship after 4 years)
- Failing to pay lawful tax, or work off back
taxes two years in arrears (can recover citizenship upon full
pament)
- failure to abide by the citizen
covenant.
Privileges of the Citizen:
Can purchase and hold things requiring title
registration and protection (land, building,
vehicles)
Has access to patent, trademark and copyright
protection
Can serve as a corporate officer, judge,
military officer, police officer
Can Hold Public Elected Office (As Long As
Does Not Hold Dual Citzensp)
Has the right to unrestricted movement and
residency on non private land w/out permission within
nation.
RESIDENT
Requirements:
Any person other than a citizen who is a natural
born child of a citizen or person of lawful entry into the country
with one year's continuos residency of good behavior under a
citizen contract of sponsorship.
Must pass minimum conversation and reading test
in the national language(s) (understanding emergency situations,
directions, asking questions, answering questions, and reading
signs, basic instructions, filling out forms)
Must pass a limited test to ensure resident knows
the basic laws of normal conduct (not as comprehensive as Citizen
test)
Must pay first year annual Resident tax--a
general tax for national defense and nation and local judicial
system.
Must commit to 2 year non-combat duty during a
declared war.
Privileges
Can rent or lease titled property held by a
citizen
Can own outright any thing not requiring a
registered title (generally, all goods except land, buildings,
motor vehicles)
Restrictions
Can only vote in local elections pertaining to
residency
In order to change permanent residence he/she
must obtain residency permit from the intended state of residence
(which may not be denied except for criminal conduct)
May travel at will within the nation, but may not
reside temporarily outside his resident state for more than 3
months without a permit.
Cannot hold public elected office, serve as a
judge, be a military officer, or a police officer.
Cannot own land, or a vehicle requiring
protection of title, but may rent or lease all such titled
property.
May serve in military posts, if
accepted.
Possess all the fundamental rights except
the full rights of titled ownership stated above and the right to
own certain lethal arms. Definition of "lethal arms" shall not
include knives, bows and arrows, non-poisonous darts, clubs, BB and
Pellet guns and rifles (under a muzzle velocity of 1000
fps).
NON RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS can only remain
in the country in excess of 3 months in any single year by
sponsorship of a citizen in good standing.
All citizens must sign and covenant to defend the
following declaration and recognition of fundamental
rights:
THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF MAN
Condensed Listing
Proposed by Joel M. Skousen
1:
RIGHT TO LIFE
THE RIGHT TO LIFE, from conception to natural
death, except as a consequence for a crime against the rights of
others.
COROLLARY RIGHTS relating to man's innate
life-related ability to think, believe, and reason:
A. The right of FREE THOUGHT and
JUDGMENT on the individual worth of ideas, people and
things.
B. To BE FREE to BELIEVE according
to each person's conscience, without restriction, except when
actions based upon that belief would violate the fundamental rights
of others.
C. To be FREE to WORSHIP God
according to the dictates of conscience.
2:
LIBERTY
THE FREEDOM TO ACT WITHOUT EXTERNAL OR PRIOR
RESTRAINT when those actions are not in direct and harmful conflict
with the rights of others.
COROLLARY RIGHTS:
A. To be solely RESPONSIBLE for one's own
health, life, education and safety.
B. To engage in any ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY desired as long as such activity does not involve
compulsion upon others or the assistance of an enemy of these
fundamental rights.
1. To engage in voluntary
CONTRACTS, written or verbal, without restriction or
regulation except where direct and harmful non-contractual
consequences to others occur;
2. To unrestricted SELECTION and
PURCHASE (from a willing seller) of all available goods and
services desired,
3. To circulate and negotiate any tangible
asset or sworn evidence thereof as money or a MEDIUM OF
EXCHANGE as long as it is voluntarily accepted by another and
fraud and misrepresentation are not present.
4. To PUBLISH any written,
photographic, or electronic material, as long as others are not
involuntarily exposed to such material on their own or contractual
property.
5. The TO STATE ANY OPINION about
another person or product without providing proof or evidence as
long as such statements are labeled clearly as opinion.
C. To ASSOCIATE with other persons
without coercion as long as that association is desired by all
parties, does not constitute a direct and harmful threat to
another's rights, and where such association is not in violation of
the desires of the property owner.
1. Individuals may PEACEFULLY ASSEMBLE in
groups without criminal or treasonous intent as long as private
property rights and free movement on public property are not
infringed or impeded.
D. To DISASSOCIATE with other
persons without public reason or justification
3:
OWNERSHIP
THE RIGHT TO OWN, DISPOSE OF, AND CONTROL ALL
PROPERTY AND ASSETS which are earned by the honest fulfillment of
voluntary contracts, received as a gift, inherited, or earned in
proportion to the application of one's labor to unowned
property.
COROLLARY RIGHTS relating to or restricted to
ownership and property rights:
A. TO BE FREE FROM BEING ACTED UPON
or involuntarily influenced in a harmful manner, when on one's own
or contractual property and not directly and harmfully affecting
the rights of others.
B. To exclude all persons not
desired from one's own property.
C. To make any WRITTEN OR VERBAL
EXPRESSION, on property within one's ownership or
control, whether for personal or commercial
intent.
D. To act in PRIVACY, within one's
own or contractual property, free from search, seizure, regulation
and internal surveillance except when acting to infringe upon
another's rights.
4:
SELF-DEFENSE
TO DEFEND one's person, rights, and property
against any overt and imminent threat, and to use the minimum,
appropriate force required, of the alternatives immediately
available at hand, to eliminate such threat, when no immediate
recourse is available to assistance or constitutional
adjudication.
5:
FAMILY RIGHTS
Families possess total SOVEREIGNTY OVER FAMILY
AFFAIRS that do not infringe upon other's rights and that do not
constitute an imminent threat to the life of the children
therein
Children have the right to demand of their
parents, minimum CARE, AND PROTECTION until reaching an ability, or
desire to be self-sufficient--as long as the child is not acting in
rebellion with the requirements of his parents which do not
constitute physical cruelty, or gross negligence
Parents have the right to ultimate
RESPONSIBILITY and AUTHORITY for the health, education, and welfare
of their dependent children without interference or prior restraint
from government, except when proven guilty of gross physical
cruelty, or gross negligence, as defined by constitutional law, and
where the child does not object to such interference.
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