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Proposed Amendment Xxviii, Dean A. Cantalupo Esq. Aug 2012

Proposed Amendment Xxviii, Dean A. Cantalupo Esq.

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We the People must demand change, Please consider the substantial structural change provided within the following proposed Amendment to the Constitution: Proposed Article of Amendment XXVIII. Section 1. We the People, do recognize and declare that the advances in communications and technology have progressed and have been successfully implemented, so that a separate national legislature of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives of the national government is no longer required and no longer desired by the People, who desire to have ever more accessible and more accountable legislators and representatives of this Federal Republic located within their own …


"Shall Be Bound Thereby": Structural Incorporation Via Article Vi, Dean A. Cantalupo Esq. Jun 2010

"Shall Be Bound Thereby": Structural Incorporation Via Article Vi, Dean A. Cantalupo Esq.

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This paper argues that certain provisions of the Bill of Rights, those that pertain to the administration of justice, were incorporated in 1791 against the States via the provision in Article VI binding State judges to the Constitution.


Treason As A State Crime, Thomas Wilson Dorr, Ex Parte Dorr, Dean A. Cantalupo May 2010

Treason As A State Crime, Thomas Wilson Dorr, Ex Parte Dorr, Dean A. Cantalupo

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2010 version: For Thomas Wilson Dorr, Treason was a State crime. It is understood by most people that Treason within the United States Constitution is a crime against the national authority, the United States, the Union. Notwithstanding that common understanding, Treason within the United States Constitution is also a State crime, and this is made clear by the plain language of the United States Constitution, as well as many cases of Treason against a State that may be found in the American case reporters. The fundamental textual authority within the Constitution that empowers the United States federal government with legitimate …