Senate Bill 270 is intended to restore Alaska Grand Jury rights, since they were stolen by the corrupt State Supreme Court under circumstances that have been explained and re-explained for years now, by David Haeg, myself, David Ignell, Greg Sarber and many others.

So, the remedy of SB 270 will – hopefully – restore our rights.

But hold on there. Suppose the judiciary ruled that we no longer had the right to keep and bear arms or the right to freedom of speech. Just like Grand Jury rights, they are laid out in the state constitution as plainly as ABC. Could the courts actually remove them, just because they said so?

Or, if they referred the matter to a blue-ribbon committee of recognized “experts”?

That is exactly what is happening right now in some so-called “free” Western countries, where quoting biblical passages from a pastor’s sermon that condemned homosexual behavior is being scrutinized as “hate speech.”

So, removing our right to bear arms, so beautifully explained in greater detail than in the federal 2nd Amendment, would be an obvious attack, overthrow and usurpation of the people’s rights. After all, the constitution belongs to THEM, and not the government’s courts, executive or legislature.

But, if SB 270 fails, which it likely will, that is a de facto admission that the judiciary had the lawful authority to do what they did. Like ranked-choice voting, we are wasting our time in human and material resources, trying to get the illegally-approved citizen initiative of 2020 repealed.

There is a much simpler and easier way to stop this nonsense. All we need is ONE governor, with the courage and constitutional savvy to halt all this overthrow of the Alaska Constitution. Article 3, Section 16 gives the governor the power and authority to stop any violation of a statute or constitutional right from being enforced.

Here are the violations that the judiciary has perpetrated and gotten away with, due to constitutional ignorance and lack of courage, not only by governors, but by supposedly conservative legislators.

— In 1996, they stole the power to amend the Constitution from the people and the Legislature, in the Valley Hospital case.

— They stole the power of the purse by ordering abortion funding under the invented “right to privacy.”

— They stole the authority of defining the limits to privacy from the legislature, clearly laid out in Art. 1, Sec. 22.

— They stole the power of the governor’s veto and the legislature’s power to override it in the ACLU v. Dunleavy case, where they themselves were a partisan and interested party!

A conservative legislature would introduce articles of impeachment against the entire Supreme Court. Sure to fail, it would serve to awaken the citizenry to the shocking extent of judicial usurpation.

— They stole the power of the Legislature to limit citizen initiatives to ONE topic in 2020 and 2024.

— They stole the right of the people to testify before the Grand Jury, outside of the permission of the attorney general, in SCO 1993.

These are not obscure items, buried deep in fine print, or only conjured by researching the transcripts and minutes of the 1955 constitutional convention. No, they are daring, brazen and traitorous overthrows, deserving of impeachment, fines, imprisonment, asset forfeiture, exile, disgrace, disbarment and any other imaginative punishments.

And what have conservative legislators and governors done about it?

NOTHING.

So, don’t expect that SB 270 is going to pass. Its defeat is likely a foregone conclusion, and meant to cement the trusting conservative voter into once again supporting politicians who really don’t do anything to change the status quo. They will be able to wipe their hands and say, “See? I tried!”

A real conservative legislator would work to SHAME the governor into exercising the legitimate power he holds in Article 3, Section 16.

Here it is: The governor shall be responsible for the faithful execution of the laws. He may, by appropriate court action [that won’t happen when the courts are the guilty party] or proceeding brought in the name of the State, enforce compliance with any constitutional or legislative mandate, or restrain violation of any constitutional or legislative power, duty, or right by any officer, department, or agency of the State or any of its political subdivisions. This authority shall not be construed to authorize any action or proceeding against the legislature.

By passing resolutions to that effect, the governor would know that they had his back. Even the failure would demonstrate that the governor has friends to support him, and will awaken the public to where the true remedy lies … and to the extent and seriousness of the constitutional overthrow that has been ongoing for decades.

A real conservative legislature would introduce articles of impeachment against the entire Supreme Court. Sure to fail, it would again serve to awaken the citizenry to the shocking extent of the judicial usurpation.

Friends, I am not advocating that you do not support SB 270. It’s just that a simpler, more effective remedy lies at our feet. It is like wanting to get from Chicago to Detroit by traveling west, around the world, instead of east, 250 miles.

They have stolen our constitution. It does not belong to the courts, the executive, the Legislature. It is OURS. It is time we pull together on the same end of the rope.

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