Post by Admin on Oct 3, 2013 12:10:36 GMT -5
BILL OF RIGHTS AMENDMENT V- No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Our founders purposely placed the power of the Grand Jury in the “Bill of Rights” to make it clear that it belongs to the people and the government is not to violate it. It is the “ultimate power” of the people which allows them to consent, or not to, the actions of their servant government. It also prevents government from unrighteous prosecutions by forcing the government to seek permission from the people before criminal charges can be filed, if the people refuse it cannot go forward. By understanding this principle it becomes clear that the government has no authority to control your behavior and therefore neither does legislators without your consent. The Jury is the ultimated nullification process."No person shall be held to answer for a capital or other infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury ..." Amendment V, U.S. Constitution. Furthermore, the People within the various States have a superior power compared to the limited federal power of government as defined in the 9th and 10th Amendments.
Basic requirements and procedures for a common law grand jury are found in the Magna Carta, 1215 A.D.
Articles 52 & 61
DUTY OF THE GRAND JURY - If anyone’s unalienable rights have been violated, or removed, without a legal sentence of their peers, from their lands, home, liberties or lawful right, we [the twenty-five] shall
straightway restore them. And if a dispute shall arise concerning this matter it shall be settled according to
the judgment of the twenty-five Grand Jurors, the sureties of the peace. [ MAGNA CARTA, JUNE 15,
A.D. 1215, 52.]
CONSTITUTION OF A COMMON LAW GRAND JURY - Inasmuch as for the sake of God,
for the bettering of our sovereignty, and for the more ready healing of the discord which has arisen
between us and our civil servants, wishing to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the
blessings of liberty to enjoy forever in its entirety. The people may select at their pleasure (jury pools)
twenty five people from the sovereignty, who ought, with all their strength, to observe, maintain; and
cause to be observed, the peace and unalienable rights. If any of our civil servants shall have transgressed
against any of the people in any respect and they shall ask us to cause that error to be amended without
delay, or shall have broken some one of the articles of peace or security, and their transgression shall have
been shown to four Jurors of the aforesaid twenty five and if those four Jurors are unable to settle the
transgression they shall come to the twenty-five, showing to the Grand Jury the error which shall be
enforced by the law of the land. [MAGNA CARTA, JUNE 15, A.D. 1215, 61.]
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