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The Constitution Party of West Virginia supports Amendment 1
….West Virginia Amendment 1,
….Clarification of the Judiciary’s Role in Impeachment Proceedings Amendment
Clarifying that courts have no authority or jurisdiction to intercede or intervene in or interfere with impeachment proceedings of the House of Delegates or the Senate; and specifying that a judgment rendered by the Senate following an impeachment trial is not reviewable by any court of this state.
The constitution gives the sole power of impeachment to the House of Delegates and the sole power to try impeachments to the Senate. The amendment would simply clarify that “no court of this state” has any role at all, either in impeachment proceedings or in review of the outcome.
The court acted improperly in 2018 when the Supreme Court of Appeals prevented the Senate from conducting an impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justices when temporary (substitute) justices ruled that the impeachment proceedings violated the state constitution’s separation of powers clause. This is a ludicrous claim since the constitution allows that, “Any officer of the state may be impeached for maladministration, corruption, incompetency, gross immorality, neglect of duty, or any high crime or misdemeanor.” And, only the legislature may impeach.
This clarification is necessary to prevent any future errors of this kind.
The Constitution Party of West Virginia opposes Amendment 2
….West Virginia Amendment 2
….Property Tax Modernization Amendment To amend the State Constitution by providing the Legislature with authority to exempt tangible machinery and equipment personal property directly used in business activity and tangible inventory, personal property directly used in business activity, and personal property tax on motor vehicles from ad valorem property taxation by general law.
….First: Don’t be fooled. Although formally named the “Authorize Tax Exemptions for Vehicles and Personal Property Used for Business Amendment,” it does not authorize a single exemption; it only authorizes the Legislature to consider the matter sometime in the future.
….Second: Even though West Virginia has had Billion Dollar surpluses in recent years, there is actually no plan or incentive to reduce the tax burden on regular citizens.
As Governor Justice has said, the only reason the vehicle tax is included in Amendment 2 is to “get your vote.” What the Legislature wants is the constitutional ability to eliminate taxes on property, equipment and inventory used in business and manufacturing. They view this tax as a hindrance to business which discourages new business from locating in the state and they currently use an exemption of this tax as an incentive for new businesses to start up or move here.
….Third: Property tax is a county tax, administered by the counties. IF the Legislature were inclined to reduce our tax burden, it could easily – and without changing the constitution – have reduced the state income tax. The House has voted three times to reduce the state income tax but the Senate opposed it every time. Why are senators so unwilling to work within their own sphere of authority, attempting instead to commandeer the authority of counties and supplant the officials that are closer to the people?
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The Constitution Party of West Virginia (strongly) opposes Amendment 3
….West Virginia Amendment 3
….Incorporation of Churches or Religious Denominations Amendment To Authorize the incorporation of ….churches or religious denominations.
The current/original wording of West Virginia Constitution, Article 6, Section 47:
“No charter of incorporation shall be granted to any church or religious denomination. Provisions may be made by general laws for securing the title to church property, and for the sale and transfer thereof, so that it shall be held, used, or transferred for the purposes of such church, or religious denomination.”
….Question 1: Why does the Legislature want this amendment passed? Perhaps it is to bring the constitution in line with W Va Code. Yes, that’s the opposite of proper law-making. But. . . . When HB 2899 (The West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act) was passed in 2002, it contained this line: “(b) No charters or certificates of incorporation may be granted or issued to any church or religious denomination.” Yet, somehow, that line is omitted from Code (Chapter 31E), and “religious” is inserted as a lawful purpose. Ask our law-makers how this happened! Every single church incorporation in this state is illegal because it is unconstitutional.
….Question 2: What about separation of church and state?
The founders of our constitutional republic and of our state clearly believed that churches must be free of government control. Corporations, however, are creations of government and must operate under its prescribed laws.
The West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act (2002, HB 2899) is a gargantuan law that, I’m fairly certain, covers every aspect of running a church that was left out of the Bible.
It is a fundamental truth that if our laws are in accordance with God’s laws then that can bringblessings and the other can bring cursings.
….Question 3: Is incorporation necessary to become a 501 C(3) with the IRS?
Why would a church even want 501 C(3) status? An incorporated church might become “tax exempt” (subject to the whims of the government and the bureaucrats running it) but an unincorporated church is “non-taxable” under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which maintains that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ….”
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The Constitution Party of West Virginia supports Amendment 4
….West Virginia Amendment 4
….Education Accountability Amendment. The purpose of this amendment is to
clarify that the rules and policies promulgated by the State Board of Education, are subject to legislative review, approval, amendment, or rejection.
The Legislature has “rule-making review” of every department except education which calls itself; a “fourth branch of government.”
We would rather have education decisions made by someone more accountable to parents and voters yet we’re not sure that “politicians” will do a better job than the education establishment. Ideally, we would like a “third option” that would restore the voters’ ability to elect the Superintendent of Free Schools. That might happen next year, but this year we must settle for constraining the Board of Education through Legislative oversight. One thing for certain is that the current education system is not providing the rigorous academics and the incentives for achievement that parents are asking for.
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Say Tuned ……… More Information Coming Soon ……… Guest Speakers
We encourage you to join us in Parkersburg, and experience this in person, but if you cannot; … then we have some good news for you. See and Hear it Live Online! ? Right Here > https://livestream.com/accounts/11933679/events/9874413
Special Guest Speakers:
John Leyzorek, of ‘Tactical Civics’
John Leyzorek, of Pocahontas County, WV will explain TACTICAL CIVICS™ , a national plan and organization, devoted to restoring our Constitutional Republic, by the means specified in the our Constitution itself. TACTICAL CIVICS™ is a comprehensive, peaceful, lawful, staged operation, with County Chapters now in over 225 Counties in 45 States, and growing. TACTICAL CIVICS™ shows how We the People can establish actual enforcement of our Constitution, starting in our own Counties, working from there to the States and the federal government. The Constitution Party meets because we venerate our Constitution; Mr. Leyzorek will show us how to enforce it.
Pastor Bo Burgess, of WVBBV.org
Pastor Bo Burgess, the director of West Virginia Baptists for Biblical Values, spends time each week traveling to the capitol in Charleston to meet with government officials, engage other pastors and churches to connect with their senators and delegates, and simply be a light for our Lord Jesus Christ. If you would like to more information about contacting your representatives or supporting West Virginian Baptists for Biblical Values, please contact Pastor Burgess. God bless you and may God bless the great state of West Virginia!
Long Time Member; Phil Hudok
Phil is an active Patriotic American, exposing the truth of Covid, Mandates, and much more. He will give a brief overview and update on the ‘Bill Of Peace 2020’ and several other things. He is a retired School Teacher of many years, and enjoys studying all things via the ‘Scientific Method’ of investigation. He has a weekly podcast on Brighteon, and manages Hudok.info, among other things.
The leadership of the CPWVa now meets on a regular basis in telephone conference calls to discuss our agenda, share information, and plan our various activities. We ask that all callers please identify themselves and keep their phones muted unless speaking. Only dues-paid members of the CPWVa are permitted to vote or make parliamentary motions, but the discussions are otherwise open to all participants. Guests who would like to be added to the agenda are asked to make such requests early in our meeting when we review our agenda. The call numbers are as follows:
We look forward to “seeing” you!
On July 23, 2015, by unanimous vote of a quorum of its State Central Committee officers, the CPWVa adopted an important resolution in support of the Confederate flag and historical monuments. The four part resolution resolved to recognize the Confederate flag and other symbols and monuments to American history and heroes, including those of the former Confederate States, as positive symbols of America’s heritage, culture, and reverence. It further resolved that, since there is no Constitutionally protected freedom to not be offended, these symbols and historical monuments be re-installed and protected in their places of honor, and called upon all Americans to unite together in peace and racial harmony. Finally, invoking the charge of the Party’s 2008 presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin from his recent article, the resolution called for the increased display of the Confederate flag as a symbol of resistance to federal and local tyranny to boldly awaken the original independent American spirit. Mr. Baldwin’s article can be found at http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3336/The-Confederate-Flag-Needs-To-Be-Raised-Not-Lowered.aspx. As philosopher George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” America’s current direction towards a dystopic Orwellian future must be reversed. The adopted resolution was sent back to committee for final work on writing its supporting statements (based on the Baldwin article), and the completed document is expected to be placed on our website before the end of August.
At its March 26, 2015 weekly Executive Committee meeting, the CPWVa adopted the following important resolution on the original intent definition of a natural born citizen:
Whereas, Article II, Section, 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution states “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or
a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of
President…;” and
Whereas, no person alive today or in the future was a citizen in the year 1788 (at the time of the adoption of
the Constitution), and thus the Constitution makes a clear distinction between a natural born citizen and a
citizen who is not natural born; and
Whereas, Section 1 of the 14th Amendment only defines citizenship in general without making any distinction
between natural or non-natural born; and
Whereas, Article I, Section 8, Clause 10 of the Constitution states “The Congress shall have Power…To define
and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations,” The
Law of Nations being a set of books authored by the Swiss writer Emmerich de Vattel and is thus incorporated
into the framework of the Constitution; and
Whereas, The Law of Nations was originally published (in the French language) in 1758, predating the drafting
of the Constitution by twenty-nine years. This important work was studied by our founders, particularly as
evidenced by George Washington’s two-hundred and twelve year overdue copy from the New York Society
Library (replaced by the Mount Vernon Estate, May 19, 2010), and defines the principles of the law of nature
applied to the conduct and affairs of nations and sovereigns. Its clear reference in the United States
Constitution is proof positive of our Framers’ desire that it be a primary source of understanding; and
Whereas, Book I of The Law of Nations, Chapter XIX, § 212 (Joseph Chitty numbering) – “Citizens and natives”
reads: ‘The citizens are the members of the civil society; bound to this society by certain duties, and subject to
its authority, they equally participate in its advantages. The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in
the country, of parents who are citizens. As the society cannot exist and perpetuate itself otherwise than by
the children of the citizens, those children naturally follow the condition of their fathers, and succeed to all
their rights. The society is supposed to desire this, in consequence of what it owes to its own preservation; and
it is presumed, as matter of course, that each citizen, on entering into society, reserves to his children the right
of becoming members of it. The country of the fathers is therefore that of the children; and these become
true citizens merely by their tacit consent. We shall soon see whether, on their coming to the years of
discretion, they may renounce their right, and what they owe to the society in which they were born. I say,
that, in order to be of the country, it is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; for, if he is
born there of a foreigner, it will be only the place of his birth, and not his country;’ and
Whereas, Vattel’s definition of a natural born citizen makes it clear that he or she is one whose parents were
citizens at the time of birth, and especially whose father was a citizen. § 213 and § 215 of this work reiterate
that “children follow the condition of their fathers;” and
Whereas, U.S. Senate Resolution 511 of April 30, 2008 declared Panamanian-born presidential candidate John
McCain to be a natural born citizen based upon the U.S. citizenship of his father and thus confirms Vattel’s
definition in modern times; and
Whereas, in human genetics, as designed by our Creator, only the male carries the y-chromosome thus
determining the gender of his offspring and exactly matching the natural law of heredity as defined by Vattel; and
Whereas, the Constitution for the United States of America is a legal document, the definitions of all words therein must be held as those that its authors understood at the time of its writing. Only the mechanisms outlined in Article V of that document can be used to legally alter or change its meaning; new dictionaries, opinions of legal scholars, and court decisions notwithstanding; therefore be it
Resolved, that it is the Constitution Party’s position that the original intent definition of natural born citizenship is thus the citizenship of a person’s father, and
Therefore Be It Further Resolved, that to be eligible for the office of United States President, a candidate’s father must have been an American citizen at the time of his or her birth.
On the last Saturday in October, the CPWVa will be holding our bi-annual election of state party officers. This meeting will also feature DYNAMIC guest speaker, and noted publisher Joel T. LeFevre on the topic of “SECESSION – IRREFUTABLE PROOF that it was and still is is legal.”
WiFi and video presentations by:
* U.S. Senate candidate Phil Hudok (featuring a report on the Mr. Obamahead smoke-blowing parade float), and
* Lou Manley on the topic of our MISSING STATE CONSTITUTION. Freedom of Information requests to public officials are being ignored and even museum curators and state legislators cannot find the original signed document. This is a BREAKING STORY!!
We expect to have our new line of attractive custom apparel (T-shirts, long-sleeves, sweatshirts) available just in time for the crisp autumn weather.
Introduction of our growing slate of 2014 candidates. The Constitution Party of West Virginia IS ON THE MOVE!! The meeting is free, but food and drinks (no purchase required) are the responsibility of our guests.DATE: Saturday, October 26, 2013
TIME: noon to 5pm
LOCATION: SHONEY’S RESTAURANT, MORGANTOWN
DIRECTIONS: Use the I-79 Star City exit. Any questions, call or email us at (304) 591-7076, info@cpwva.org
MARCH FORTH with the Constitution Party in Berkeley County. Join us for our fourth (4th) organizing meeting on Monday, March 4 at Hoss’s Restaurant in Martinsburg (Eastern Panhandle) at 7:00pm. Our previous meetings there were January 26, and February 12th and 18th. For more information, check out our event page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/559891600696438/ Supporters from ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES and even out of state are welcome. Previous meetings have had guests from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Join us on Facebook at our event page created for our convention.
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