WELL, WE MADE IT PASSED HUMP DAY--WAIT A MINUTE, I MISSED IT! LOL! WHEN POLITICS IS A REJECTED PLOTLINE FOR THE SOPRANOS . . . NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE, TAKING IT TO GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE . . . BRIDGEGATE, AND RIGHTLY SO--CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES ARE NOT TO BE USED AS POLITICAL FODDER, AND BATTLEFIELDS! SUBPOENAS ISSUED TO WHO'S WHO, IN THE NEW JERSEY GOVERNMENT--KEEP'EM CLEAN, FOR GOD SAKE! LEGISLATIVE BRANCH IS DOING WHAT A BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO WHEN ANOTHER BRANCH, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, IN THIS CASE, IS OUT OF CONTROL AND CORRUPT! TALK ABOUT THE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE DIRECTOR OF THE PORT AUTHORITY, IS FUNNELING CONSTRUCTION JOB, LEGAL CONTRACTS AND OTHER BUSINESS ISSUES TO HIS OLD LAW FIRM TO A SHOCKING DEGREE! WE THROW THE BOOK AT BLUE COLLAR CRIMINALS, AND LET WHITE COLLAR ASSHOLES, GET OFF, WITH MINIMAL SENTENCES, IF ANY PUNISHMENT AT ALL! JUSTICE FOR ALL, PRIVILEGE FOR NONE!!!!!!! DUE PROCESS, EQUAL PROTECTION, UNIFORM OPERATION OF LAW! ON THE OTHER HAND, TEXAS LEGISLATURE, NEEDS SOME WHOOP ASS ON THEM . . . REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ANOTHER OUT OF CONTROL BODY, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, SHUTTING DOWN THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT! MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE IN POORER SECTIONS OF TEXAS, WITHOUT ACCESS TO VOTING RIGHTS, BECAUSE THEY LACK SOME FORM OF I.D., TRANSPORTATION, OR EITHER LOST I.D. OR MOVED TO THE STATE! YEAH, HILLARY, TRYING TO MAKE VOTER REGISTRATION AUTOMATIC, TAKING ON SEVERAL STATES VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION, THROUGH I GUESS PRIVATE LAW SUITS, USE THAT CLINTON FOUNDATION MONEY FOR GOOD! IF CORPORATIONS GET A VOICE, AND MONEY SPEAKS, LET SOMEONE HAVE A VOICE FOR VOTERS! ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE? THIS GAME CAN BE PLAYED BOTH WAYS! GOD-DAMN IT! I SUE THE GOVERNMENT, THEY HAVE DENIED ME REPLACEMENT I.D., FROM MY OLD ONES THEY PAID OR LET PEOPLE OFF CHARGES, TO STEAL! GO FIGURE, AS KNOWLEDGEABLE AS I AM--I COULD NOT VOTE IN THE LAST ELECTION; IT TOOK A PRIVATE GROUP TO GET ME A BIRTH CERTIFICATE, AFTER TRYING FOR A YEAR AND A HALF--DRIVER'S LICENSE DIVISION HAS DUMB ASS REASONS, FOR NOT GIVING ME EITHER I.D. OR DRIVER LICENSE, THREE TIMES! I TRIED BEFORE MY 44 YEAR UTAH DRIVER LICENSE EXPIRED! CAN'T HAVE DRIVER LICENSE FROM TWO STATES, SIMULTANEOUSLY! ONCE EXPIRED, NEEDED TO START FROM SCRATCH--AH, TWO HOUSE AND A CABIN STOLEN WITH ALL ITEMS, 5 VEHICLES, WITH WHAT WAS LEFT! WE SHOULD WANT EVERY PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES TO VOTE, NOT JUST THE ONES WHO AGREE WITH OUR POLITICAL VIEWS! WHATEVER! IT WILL BE FUN TO SEE A VERY VIABLE FEMALE CANDIDATE, WITH THE BEST RESUME OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, RUN . . . HER CAMPAIGN, ALREADY DIFFERS FROM HER MALE COUNTER-PARTS, AS SHE MEETS WITH SMALL GROUPS OF PEOPLE, SHE IS TAPPING INTO GRASS ROOTS AMERICA, AND HITTING ISSUES, LIKE DRUG ADDICTION, THE NEED FOR TREATMENT, RATHER THAN JAIL OR PRISON, AND IS LOOKING AT, AND THAT WOULD TAKE A HIT AT THE 34% ADULT POPULATION WHO HAS BEEN IN PRISON, AND CUT THE RATE! IT IS RIDICULOUS! OTHER INDUSTRIAL NATIONS, ARE WITH NUMBERS AROUND 9 TO 11%, COME ON! WOMEN TEND TO BE MORE RELATIONSHIP ORIENTED, AND WE SEE HILLARY, MADAME SECRETARY, LOOKING AT WHAT DEPORTATION FOR IMMIGRANTS, WILL DO TO FAMILIES, WITH KIDS BORN ON AMERICAN SOIL, THUS NATURALIZED CITIZENS, AND PARENTS WAITING TO JUMP THROUGH THE 3 STAGES OF BECOMING A CITIZEN, WHICH CAN TAKE UP TO 20 YEARS: (1) A WORK PERMIT; (2) RESIDENCY; AND (3) CITIZENSHIP--WHICH TAKES SOME TIME, TO LEARN AND TAKE TESTS, THEN BE SWORN TO DO WHAT MANY AMERICANS FAIL TO DO, HAVE LOYALTY TO THE CONSTITUTION, AND COUNTRY! NOW IS THE TIME TO STUDY THE CANDIDATES, CHECK THEIR POSITIONS, WATCH IF THEY WAFFLE, PUTTING THEIR FINGER TO THE WIND, TO TEST THE POLITICAL CROSS WINDS . . . BUILD YOUR ROCK ON A SURE FOUNDATION, THE CONSTITUTION, THAT SHOULD BE THE GUIDING LIGHT, THE LYNCH PIN METHOD FOR WHICH TO JUDGE A SITUATION!

The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth

Okay, we have the 2016 election cycle already on us, and you better start paying attention, because, you vote counts, your voice counts, and need to have your wits and sense about you to be an informed citizen, and actively participating member of society.  I know, I trash the Mormon Church, and generally, but for polygamy, I don't attack the religious side of the Mormon Church, but I hate their politics, the way they go about it, and Mitt Romney and I have unresolved issues, whether he knew about my fucking clients, deals and steals, in an effort to help a fellow Mormon get into the White House, there is one scripture in the Doctrine and Covenants, Section 98, that I love, for obvious reasons, and may in fact be the very reason I became a constitutional law attorney, and that is the one that says, and I am going to paraphrase some verses, that the Constitution is for all mankind, and anything more or less than the Constitution is evil . . . and if the people elect unrighteous leaders, the people will suffer!  And we have, for exactly the same reasons, as stated above!

While I was walking down North Avenue, writing down symbolic names and places, I came to Auto Mart, about half way between the shelter and say, McDonald's, if I were to guess, and under an extended covering of the place, there was this jacked up, truck with American Flags, and all kinds of memorable pictures of 9/11, with a blue truck as the background, pictures of New York, police, firefighters, the shambles left from the towers, President Bush talking to Mayor Rudy Guilliani, and other scenes from 9/11, and on the back of the truck there were two flags, and I am sure the owner, did it for balance, but it has very negative connotations for me, as I have stated, that there were two entities that started in 1776, when the Declaration of Independence, setting in motion, the forming of the Union of states, which would culminate in the signing of the United States Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land, to which ever elected official, judge, lawyer, cop, military member, and on down to your local elected officials, swears to defend, preserve and protect, that document, with sacred principles and concepts, that are not given by the government, which is to protect those rights, but from God in heaven above . . . that is why it is for all mankind!  We are children of God, and one nation under God, in a secular world with differing ideas of religious preferences, and that should be a matter of personal perfection, not to be foisted on others!

President Bush and the Patriot Act

I don't think there has been a president, that has had less respect for the Constitution, that President Bush, who was known to have said, that the Constitution was nothing more than a "piece of paper", and we don't need no Constitution . . . and he made policies, procedures, executive orders and laws that would codify his lame ass attitudes, creating a generation of cops, of all flavors, shapes, sizes and colors, that were raised in a world void of constitutional principles . . . Ferguson, Cleveland, Baltimore, Cedar City, Utah . . . and across the nation, we are seeing the affects of making cops rulers unto themselves, or rather the executive branches of government, the alleged, enforcers of the law . . . and we see what those attitudes have done, corrupt the government from top to bottom!  With goals of policing the world, spying on the world, especially Americans, who voiced their opinions, and Bush and Cheney had people arrested for merely asking, when the Iraq war was going to end.  Daddy Bush, promoted a one world order, and baby Bushes are going to try to see that, order is carried out.  Presidential candidate, Jeb Bush, has made it clear, that he is not departing, basically believes in everything his father and brother did, and if elected he would either have done the same thing, or will carry their policies forward.

WARNING, WARNING, WARNING

If you are not educated, don't read the newspaper, and watch or read some type of news source, you may actually, make a very bad voter, because there are subtle things that a presidential candidate will say that will give away, expose, or divulge a candidates true intentions and motives.  And I would advise, that you get a pocket sized copy of the United States Constitution, which is basically 10 pages on pages, making up about a fourth of a normal sized 9 x 11 sheet of paper . . . it will take you less than a hour to read, and you are going to have to think, study it a bit, discuss it with some one, and read it again, and at least get the basics.  I get frustrated with people, who have done that, and then come to me and say, I don't get it, and often I forget what I have learned over and through law school, and 20 years of practicing law and going all the way through the legal system to the top Court in the land--I learned a hell of a lot, and I can't expect you to know what I do; however, that said, I can expect you to try!  And I will try to help you get the big picture, remember basic principles of freedom, rights, liberty, balance of powers, duties and responsibilities!

BIG PICTURE OVERVIEW . . . IT IS ONLINE TOO!

United States Constitution, has and I wish I had mine copy, but I will try to do this from memory, but I know that Barnes and Noble Bookstores carry the version I like best, The U.S. Constitution and Fascinating Facts, red, white, blue, gold and white cover, as I recall.  But it has a table of contents, information about the founding fathers, quote from them, that shows their vision of the country, when it was the most pure, back when the document was just debated, written and signed.  There are sections, if I remember of the constitutional convention . . . in statutory interpretation, or in understanding the reading of any law, or constitution, there are basically three elements to help you understand what is being said: (1) the plain language of the statute or constitution; (2) the intent of the founders; and (3) the historical context for which the supreme law of the land was written . . . I find that the 3 page Declaration of Independence, is a great source for understanding the issues, behind why, what, to whom and for what reason, they provided for certain protections.  In that recommended pocket sized version, there is a copy of that document too, which is very handy . . . also, landmark Supreme Court cases, and a small blurb on what the case was about, and the holding or ruling of the Court . . .  very helpful!  There is also a dictionary of the terms, and an index to use to look subjects up.  You can get online, under that title I gave above, and get a free copy mailed to you, or go to the book store, tell them to order if they don't have it, and you can pick one up for about $3.99, and well worth it, with a shit load of great material, and it was written by a high school civics teacher, and as you read this, you might even remember your fifth grade civics classes!  LOL!  Are you smarter than a 5th Grader?

Parts of the Document Itself . . . This is From Memory, So?

• United States Constitution, Preamble . . . the vision and goals of the founding fathers, what Utopia looks like . . . we can do it!
• United States Constitution, Article I, requirements to run for Congress, the powers and duties of the Congress, what the Congress can and can't do, and what states, can and can't do
• United States Constitution, Article II, again the requirements to run for president, the electoral college, voting for president and vice president, the powers and duties of both, and the oath of office
• United States Constitution, Article III, this deals with the judiciary or the judges, with the U.S. Supreme Court being the only court of original jurisdiction, and all other courts being courts of inferior jurisdiction or power . . . judges are only to be retained, when they function, in good behavior, and this section, dealing with the jurisdiction or power power of the Court to deal with a set number of cases, constitutional issues, federal questions, split decisions by courts of appeals, to resolve an issue, of national concern, i.e., gay marriage!
• United States Constitution, Article IV, I believe deals with full faith and credit, between states, like if you sign a contract in one state, that contract will be respected in another state, issues like that
• United States Constitution, Article V, I think this is general powers provision, like government officials and agencies, giving them jurisdiction or power to run the business of America, and the power to do so . . . I think?
• United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, these are the 27 amendments, the first three apply to Congress and what they shall not do, that states will  do these, then it goes the real rights based for individuals, like who are accused of crimes, juries, public trials, representation, etc., and then to more general government, dealing with individuals, their rights, protections, and expectations, like voting, representation, naturalization, due process, and equal protections, rights and privileges, etc.

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