The United States House of Repeals

Starting With

The California House of Repeals

The first of 50 Houses of Repeal across America!

"There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws."

President Andrew Johnson
(1808-1875)

"The only 'safety' I'm concerned with is the safety of liberty. An' what I want most 'for the children' is a free country for 'em to grow up in!"

Lucille G. Kropotkin

Articles by Michael Bradshaw at "The Libertarian Enterprise" to date

The goals of the House of Repeals are to put the civility back into civilization, to return our country to the rule of law and to enforce the rights of the sovereign people of the United States; through the most stringent enforcement possible of the Bill of Rights.
To accomplish this our primary method will be bills or constitutional amendments of repeal, presented to the voters of the several states, starting with California, that will do four things:

Clarify the present law (the Constitution of the United States and/or the state in question) in such breadth and sweeping detail; in both plain English and Legalese; that not only may regular people understand it, but lawyers may understand it too.
Define the important words and ideas so that interpretation is unnecessary and misunderstanding is not possible.
Repeal the unconstitutional or immoral statutes and regulations that violate the Constitutions or the rights of sovereign individuals.
Punish the people guilty of violating the Constitutions of the United States and/or the state in question and the rights of sovereign individuals. This will be done by putting teeth into the repeal law or amendment that:

define voting; as a state legislator or a member of a lesser legislative body; for a bill that reinstates or replaces a repealed statute or regulation in whole or in part, in intent or effect, or commits a new act that violates the prohibitions on state action; as a felony with a heavy fine and prison term.
define signing such a bill with the intent to enforce it as though it were a law by any Governor or lesser executive officer (mayors, etc.) as a felony with a heavy fine and prison term..
define enforcement of the old statutes; or new ones for the same or similar purposes; as a felony with a heavy fine and prison term. This includes judges, police and other bureaucrats.

Unconstitutional statutes are not laws.

It takes a long time to write, qualify, campaign for and vote on a new initiative for the state ballot. In the mean time many people are being hurt or killed by the enforcement of "illegal laws." Therefor here are two resources that may be of help to victims of persecution by the state:

An excerpt from the Sixteenth American Jurisprudence, Second Edition, Section 256:

Section 256. Generally.
The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, whether federal [29] or state, [30] though having the form and name of law, is in reality no law, [31] but is wholly void, [32] and ineffective for any purpose; [33] since unconstitutionality dates from the time of its enactment, and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it, [34] an unconstitutional law, in legal contemplation, is as inoperative as if it had never been passed. [31] Such a statute leaves the question that it purports to settle just as it would be had the statute not been enacted. [36] No repeal of such an enactment is necessary. [37]

Since an unconstitutional law is void, the general principles follow that it imposes no duties, [38] confers no rights, [39] creates no office, [40] bestows no power or authority on anyone, [41] affords no protection, [42] and justifies no acts performed under it. [43] A contract which rests on an unconstitutional statute creates no obligation to be impaired by subsequent legislation. [44]

No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law [45] and no courts are bound to enforce it. [46] Persons convicted and fined under a statute subsequently held unconstitutional may recover the fines paid. [47]

A void act cannot be legally inconsistent with a valid one. [48] And an unconstitutional law cannot operate to supersede any existing valid law. [49] Indeed, insofar as a statute runs counter to the fundamental law of the land, it is superseded thereby. [50] Since an unconstitutional statute cannot repeal or in any way affect an existing one, [51] if a repealing statute is unconstitutional, the statute which it attempts to repeal remains in full force and effect. [52] And where a clause repealing a prior law is inserted in an act, which act is unconstitutional and void, the provision for the repeal of the prior law will usually fall with it and will not be permitted to operate as repealing such prior law. [53]

The general principles stated above apply to the constitutions as well as to the laws of the several states insofar as they are repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States. [54] Moreover, a construction of a statute which brings it in conflict with a constitution will nullify it as effectually as if it had, in express terms, been enacted in conflict therewith. [55]

An unconstitutional portion of a statute may be examined for the purpose of ascertaining the scope and effect of the valid portions. [56]

The numbers in [brackets] are footnotes that refer to court decisions. When time permits we will post this excerpt on a separate page with footnotes hyper-linked. Until then you can look them up in the American Jurisprudence at any law library.

Juries in the United States have the right and power to judge the law as well as the facts. This means that a jury can acquit a defendant for any reason or none and need not give any reason for it's decision. Therefor bad statutes that are unconstitutional or immoral can be set aside, or good laws that are misapplied can be ignored. This is called "jury nullification." For more information see F.I.J.A., the Fully Informed Jury Association on the Web or call 1-800-TEL-JURY.

The above is the dry, philosophical introduction.
Click here for a juicy intro' essay by L. Neil Smith.

This is a "Bill of Rights Enforcement Site". For more information on the Bill of Rights
Enforcement movement and to make your own home page a member site; see the Webley Page.

The following box contains a "fossil" ad for the Badnarik 2004 Libertarian presidential campaign. Because of Mr. Badnarik's unsurprising loss of that election the United States has continued its slide into fascist dictatorship. The ad remains here as a reminder that the voters of the United States could have made a good choice to restore the Bill of Rights.

This polemic will continue in the near future with my recommendation for a "final solution" to the government problem.


In addition to the initiative campaigns at the state level, I am doing the only thing that may work (within the system, at least) at the federal level. I am endorsing the candidacy of Michael Badnarik for President in 2004. I ask you to join me. We can change the laws at the state level, but there is nothing the people can do about the Federal government; except to elect a strong constitutionalist as President, who will obey the law and uphold the Bill of Rights in spite of the Congress and judiciary; or to fight another bloody civil war -- and eliminate the government for good and all. I therefor urge you to campaign with me and vote for Michael Badnarik for President in the 2004 election. Michael Badnarik for President!

In addition to the initiative campaigns at the state level, I am doing the only thing that may work (within the system, at least) at the federal level. I am endorsing the candidacy of Michael Badnarik for President in 2004.
I ask you to join me.

We can change the laws at the state level, but there is nothing the people can do about the Federal government; except to elect a strong constitutionalist as President, who will obey the law and uphold the Bill of Rights in spite of the Congress and judiciary; or to fight another bloody civil war -- and eliminate the government for good and all.

I therefor urge you to campaign with me and vote for Michael Badnarik for President in the 2004 election.

Michael Badnarik for President!