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Handbook for Bottom-up Self-Governance 

EndNotes and References

This is an example of a Causes for Dissolving the Political Bands

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Realizing the Promise of the Declaration of Independence

The Union Team Working Group, August 7, 2021

 

Whereas the promise of the Declaration of Independence has not been realized because representative democracy and the separation of powers has been ineffectual in protecting our rights; and

Whereas the Declaration of Independence makes it clear that a just governance is based on the consent of the Governed; and

Whereas “silence is consent” is the method that the banking and law cartels have used to turn us unwittingly into consumers indebted to them and slaving to pay them tribute in the form of interest on alleged bank loans; and

Whereas the international banking cartel and BAR association are the hidden sovereign, are pursuing the totalitarian tiptoe, and herding the unsuspecting people of the world into a transhumanist technocratic tyranny; and 

Whereas the Common Law of the land is clear that banking is an unconscionable contract and thereby void; and

Whereas in 1913, the establishment of the Federal Reserve Act, the Income Tax Act, and the direct selection of Senators disenfranchised the Nation-states and abrogated the 10th Amendment (our unenumerated rights); and 

Whereas there are groups of patriots all across the country, in the Indian Tribes, and in Canada, who want to revendicate a genuine Republic whereby governance is of the People, by the People, and for the People; and

Whereas there is general agreement that we need to form Jural Assemblies in the spirit of the Committees of Correspondence, Observation, and Safety in the Colonies; and 

Whereas freedom-loving people throughout the world are looking to us, here in America, to realize the promise of the founders of this once great Republic with liberty and justice for all, 

Therefore, we the people at large, need to gather together in Jural Assemblies and learn to self-govern by giving our active, not passive, consent.  In the Jural Assemblies that we will call together in every county in every Nation-state, we will:

  1. Determine together what our commitment to restoring the Republic will be.

  2. Formulate that commitment into an oath that empowers the members to be qualified electors, recognized as responsible for the affairs of their community.

  3. Develop the common set of values that will guide our developing capacity for self governance.  For example:

    1. Active - not passive - consent is required; silence is not consent.

    2. Everyone is free to do as they please as long as they do no harm.

    3. Everyone is free to believe as they please as long as they do no harm.

    4. We align behind an agreed upon purpose and aim.

    5. Everyone is valued and heard, without judgment.

    6. We use rational arguments that appeal to our sense of reason.

    7. We use proper grammar and helpful rhetoric for clarity of understanding.

    8. We develop proposals everyone can consent to.

    9. All proposals include a method of evaluating them within a specified time frame.

    10. Objections are generally viewed as making a proposal better.

    11. We can all consent to proposals when they are Good enough for now, Safe enough to try.

    12. We select the best person for the roles needed for the proper functioning of our community.  

    13. We make decisions based on unanimous active consent.

    14. We avoid creating winners and losers by a majority vote.

    15. Competition is only for determining the best of something.  

  4. Become learned in the law: 

    1. The Laws of Nature and of Nature's God

    2. Natural Law

    3. The Bible as a source of just law

    4. The Common Law of the land

    5. Maxims of Law and Maxims of Equity

    6. The Law of Nations (Treaty Law) and

    7. The life empowering Do No Harm principle as the essence of Common Law

  5. Educate our qualified electors to be Grand Jurors and Petit Jurors

    1. Grand Jurors learn how to develop Presentments to deal with suspected corruption, as well as Indictments, and 

    2. Petit Jurors learn how to determine the facts and develop the just remedy.

  6. Help other Jural Assemblies in our Nation-state establish themselves and 

    1. wait until there are five functioning Jural Assemblies or five different affinity group Jural Assemblies, and

    2. establish a Nation-state Jural Assembly with delegates from the Jural Assemblies.

  7. Study the workings of the various “Free Republic” groups and gradually, collaboratively, discover and implement best practices.

    1. Jural Assemblies are recommended to have, as needed, Assistance of Counsel, a Notary, a Sheriff (or Constable), a Commissioner, a Secretary (Scribe or Recorder), and Community Builder.

    2. The duties and the scope of each office are to be agreed upon, and the best person for the position shall be selected from among the qualified electors.

      1. Assistance of Counsel is learned in the Law, the venerable tradition of the Common Law, the Maxims of Law, the Maxims of Equity, and the Law of Nations (Treaty Law).

      2. The Notary is responsible for assembling the Petit Jury and the Grand Jury and overseeing the process of Common Law.  The Notary may administer the Oath for qualified electors and receive any complaints or grievances from the members.  The Notary may call meetings of the Jural Assembly to deal with issues that arise.

      3. The Sheriff carries out the duties of peace keeper and is well educated in conflict resolution and fostering healthy relationships.  Let us leave the “power of the gun” as the last resort.  In extreme circumstances, the Sheriff may call for volunteers for a posse or militia, who shall bring any necessary equipment.  

      4. The Commissioner manages the financial affairs of the Jural Assembly Community and oversees the issuing of the money.

      5. The Secretary keeps the records of the Jural Assembly, the meeting notes, and is responsible for making sure that the adopted proposals and projects are evaluated as agreed.

      6. The Community Builder is responsible for recruiting new members and is largely responsible for representing the Jural Assembly to new people.

    3. Study the nature of money to avoid the pitfalls of the past, and learn how to issue community created credit to fund everything that the qualified electors in their Jural Assembly determine would be good.

  8. Buy or charter a bank with a national bank charter and learn how to operate it as both a de Facto Bank and a de Jure bank.  

    1. The bank is the culmination of the process because the bank issues and allocates money to fund everything the Jural Assembly decides is good.

    2. The bank allows the Jural Assemblies to grow. While the banks are integrated into the de Facto system as we develop the de Jure system, everyone will experience that the de Jure is so much better than the de Facto, they will want to participate.

  9. Contribute to the development of the best practices and share them on the websites that we will establish.

 

When we have accomplished the above, we will have realized the intention of the Declaration of Independence and we will be in a position to create a just and sustainable abundance, with all the hidden free energy, anti-gravity, the social technologies, and the consciousness that make us ready to take our place as a Lawful de Jure Republic on the national, world, and universal stages.

 

Resources:  

An invitation to be self-governing, and an example of proposed by-laws for a Jural Assembly are available at:  

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