Raymond Kraft makes some great points in his article “The Great Obama Swindle of 2008,” which apply to all things constitutional. The following points apply especially to our seventh liberty principle, “Repudiate New Jersey’s Unconstitutional Debt.”
1. The U.S. Constitution is a CONTRACT between The People, The States, and The United States, the federal government, that defines and limits the role of the federal government, and the rights of the States and The People, and, among other things, defines and limits the qualifications for president, i.e., that the president must be over the age of 35 years, and must be a natural born citizen.
The same can be said about our state constitution. Substitute “State of New Jersey” for “Federal Government” above.
2. Any party to a CONTRACT has standing to enforce it. This is as basic as it gets. Contract Law 101. First week of law school stuff. And it seems that lawyers and judges all over the country have forgotten all about it. Also, the Constitution was intended to benefit all American citizens, We, The People, and in basic contract law the intended beneficiaries of a CONTRACT, i.e., us, also have standing to enforce it.
Include “New Jersey Resident,” when reading “American citizens.”
3. If We, The People, do not have standing to enforce the CONTRACT, the U.S. Constitution, then it is unenforceable, and if it is unenforceable it is just a historic curiosity that means nothing. It’s just an old piece of parchment. But that was not the intent, and to give intent to the CONTRACT it must be enforceable by its parties and beneficiaries.
Include our state constitution when reading about the U.S. Constitution above.
4. We, The People, have standing under the First Amendment “to petition the government for redress of grievances.” If we have a grievance that a non-citizen, illegal alien, is running for president, I think the First Amendment unequivocally gives every American citizen standing to sue the government to redress that grievance and enforce the Constitution.
The First Amendment right “to petition the government for redress of grievances” is applied to the states, through the Fourteenth Amendment. Further, our state constitution, article one, section 18 reads:
18. The people have the right freely to assemble together, to consult for the common good, to make known their opinions to their representatives, and to petition for redress of grievances.
New Jersey’s constitution ALREADY has a “debt limitation clause” telling government they cannot borrow billions of dollars without voter approval. Guess what? Trenton does it anyway. The proposed constitutional amendment, ballot question number one, does not stop borrowing billions of dollars without voter approval. Only enforcing the constitution will stop these constitutional abuses.
Ballot question one makes things worse. A “yes” vote would allow the Legislature to retroactively apply the full faith and credit of our state to their unconstitutional borrowing (junk bonds). Please uphold our constitution as it is. Vote “no” on ballot question number one.
