CONSTITUTION PARTY NATIONAL CHAIRMAN

Justin Magill

The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act on 22 March 1765. The Act imposed a tax on legal and commercial paperwork as well as on newspapers and other distributed writings. It was intended to raise revenue for war debts by a tax that colonists could not avoid. The colonial legislatures were given no say in this tax, and offenders could be tried in courts of Admiralty, without rights to a jury or witnesses.

These taxes were imposed only on the British subjects in the North American colonies and not on other British subjects, which effectively treated the colonists as second class citizens. The American Colonies were not represented in Parliament, and they declared it to be unconstitutional for such taxes to be imposed on them without their consent or the consent of their representatives. “No taxation without representation” is a phrase we have all heard which reflects the battle they faced.

The treatment the Founders suffered, at the hands of a government they had no say in, became the major issue that drove the American Revolution. Even those who sought peace with England until the very end, had to acknowledge that returning to peace with King and Parliament would mean bowing down to any tax or restriction they might choose to put on the colonies.

Our right to self-govern has been abdicated by many current citizens who have become too lazy or too ignorant to do the hard work of keeping our public functionaries in line. When citizens abdicate government actors are only too willing to take control.

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NATIONAL CONSTITUTION PARTY CHAIRMAN

Justin Magill

On March 18th, 1776, the British Parliament was forced to repeal the Stamp Act. But on the same day they passed the Declaratory Act, reasserting their right to legislate for the colonies.

Both Parliament and the King passed the Declaratory Act. It asserted that they had the “full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever”.

America’s Founders rejected this Act. The cornerstone principle which our American government is structured around is that every human being has certain inalienable rights endowed upon them by the Creator. The principles built on this foundation are that the purpose of government is to secure these rights and that the government cannot violate these rights without due process of law.

These bedrock principles apply at every level of government and to every action of government or government actor.

When your local or State governments violate your rights instead of securing your rights, what do you do about it? Do you know how to petition your public functionaries? Do you attend local municipal meetings? Get organized now and secure your inalienable rights.

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