ARTICLE I
BILL OF RIGHTS
Political power.
First. All political power is inherent in the people.
Right of the people.
2. Government is instituted for the protection, security, and benefit of the people; and they have the right at all times to alter or reform the same, and to abolish one form of government and establish another, whenever the public good requires it.
Acts void.
21. All acts of the legislature contrary to this or any other article of this Constitution shall be void.
“His rights are such as existed by the law of the land long antecedent to the organization of the State, and can only be taken away from him by due process of law and in accordance with the Constitution.”
Hale v. Henkle, 201 U.S. 43, 47 1905
“The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One's right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections. " (emphasis added)
West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette,Can a third party win? Well, that's up to the people isn't it. It's the people who can ignore the Media, ignore the party leaders and vote for third party candidates who will adhere to their Oath to uphold the Constitution.
319 U.S. 624, 638 (1943)(Opinion, J. Jackson)
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