For the last five years, there has been a local march and rally. Cannabis supporters have paid for insurance coverage for the march and paid the City of Eugene for police parade patrols.
This year there was not a march in favor of a simple political assembly and instruction of our Representatives through means of a peaceable manner.
We gathered at the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza and for that we wish to thank Lane County.
Now, as a matter-of-conscious I must ask Quo Warranto?
Under what authority, does the Lane County or any governmental body claim the right to arrest, charge, incarcerate and cause financial loss to citizens for the possession of Cannabis, a gift from Natureâs God. There is no legislative jurisdiction arising either from the Constitution of Oregon or the United States Constitution for prohibitive possession statutes of a plant that comes from Almighty God. Cannabis prohibitory statutes are void ab initio.
To prohibit alcohol, which takes a manufacturing process, it took a constitutional amendment at both the State and Federal level.Â
My beliefs on this matter are of long standing public record.
As a matter-of-fact, both our Oregon Constitution and US Constitution allow my ability to have a personal relationship with Cannabis.
We live in a Republic and are guaranteed by the US Constitution a republican form of Government. My civil rights are inalienable and come from Almighty God. My civil rights do not come from a piece of paper or a vote of the people. Our State and Federal Constitutions limit the power and authority of the Government.
I am a blood-member of the Buffalo-Mandan tribe of Big Sandy Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. One of our tribeâs sacred herbs is Cannabis and is used ritually and socially.
I am a Christian and a follower of Hindi and Rastafarian/Coptic traditions; all three faiths have historical use of Cannabis in their rituals.
I am also an herbalist and take Cannabis for its phlegmatic abilities.
I do not come here today to be combative but hope for dialogue so that our society may rid itself of the corrupting influence of a black market and deal with the issue in a constitutionally sound way, where individual civil rights are not illegally denied and government participates in legitimate regulation and revenues.
Lane Countyâs economic base has been built on fiber. Lane County should be in the lead in the world in developing the many products that can be made with hemp fiber. This illegal prohibition must end.
I ask the Commissioners to direct the County attorney to issue ruling on this question, for without legislative jurisdiction then judges, police officers and their governmental employers are personally liable for any damages inflicted upon defendants of Cannabis prohibitive statutes.
I ask that the Commissioners set up a volunteer staffed committee to look into the reality of the ramifications of the legality of Cannabis possession. The laws against Cannabis possession are unconstitutional.
Robert (Kris) Millegan
Peace
Documentation:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed,
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Preamble
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Article IV. - The States
Section 4 - Republican government
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, â
Amendment I - Freedom of Religion, Press, _expression_.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment IX - Construction of Constitution.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X - Powers of the States and People.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people
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Preamble
We the people of the State of Oregon to the end that Justice be established, order maintained, and liberty perpetuated, do ordain this Constitution.â
ARTICLE I
BILL OF RIGHTS
Sec. 1. Natural rights inherent in people
2. Freedom of worship
3. Freedom of religious opinion
4. No religious qualification for office
5. No money to be appropriated for religion
6. No religious test for witnesses or jurors
7. Manner of administering oath or affirmation
8. Freedom of speech and press
9. Unreasonable searches or seizures
10. Administration of justice
11. Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecution
12. Double jeopardy; compulsory self-incrimination
13. Treatment of arrested or confined persons
14. Bailable offenses
15. Foundation principles of criminal law
16. Excessive bail and fines; cruel and unusual punishments; power of jury in criminal case
17. Jury trial in civil cases
18. Private property or services taken for public use
19. Imprisonment for debt
20. Equality of privileges and immunities of citizens
21. Ex-post facto laws; laws impairing contracts; laws depending on authorization in order to take effect; laws submitted to electors
22. Suspension of operation of laws
23. Habeas corpus
24. Treason
25. Corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate
26. Assemblages of people; instruction of representatives; application to legislature
27. Right to bear arms; military subordinate to civil power
28. Quartering soldiers
29. Titles of nobility; hereditary distinctions
30. Emigration
32. Taxes and duties; uniformity of taxation
33. Enumeration of rights not exclusive
34. Slavery or involuntary servitude
39. Sale of liquor by individual glass
40. Penalty for aggravated murder
41. Work and training for corrections institution inmates; work programs; limitations; duties of corrections director
42. Rights of victim in criminal prosecutions and juvenile court delinquency proceedings
43. Rights of victim and public to protection from accused person during criminal proceedings; denial of pretrial release
44. Term of imprisonment imposed by court to be fully served; exceptions
45. Person convicted of certain crimes not eligible to serve as juror on grand jury or trial jury in criminal case
Section 1. Natural rights inherent in people. We declare that all men, when they form a social compact are equal in right: that all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness; and they have at all times a right to alter, reform, or abolish the government in such manner as they may think proper. â
Section 2. Freedom of worship. All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences. â
Section 3. Freedom of religious opinion. No law shall in any case whatever control the free exercise, and enjoyment of religeous (sic) opinions, or interfere with the rights of conscience
Section 8. Freedom of speech and press. No law shall be passed restraining the free _expression_ of opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write, or print freely on any subject whatever; but every person shall be responsible for the abuse of this right. â
Section 10. Administration of justice. No court shall be secret, but justice shall be administered, openly and without purchase, completely and without delay, and every man shall have remedy by due course of law for injury done him in his person, property, or reputation.â
Section 16. Excessive bail and fines; cruel and unusual punishments; power of jury in criminal case. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed.
Cruel and unusual punishments shall not be inflicted, but all penalties shall be proportioned to the offense.âIn all criminal cases whatever, the jury shall have the right to determine the law, and the facts under the direction of the Court as to the law, and the right of new trial, as in civil cases.
Section 20. Equality of privileges and immunities of citizens. No law shall be passed granting to any citizen or class of citizens privileges, or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens. â
Section 26. Assemblages of people; instruction of representatives; application to legislature. No law shall be passed restraining any of the inhabitants of the State from assembling together in a peaceable manner to consult for their common good; nor from instructing their Representatives; nor from applying to the Legislature for redress of greviances (sic). â
Section 33. Enumeration of rights not exclusive. This enumeration of rights, and privileges shall not be construed to impair or deny others retained by the people. â
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Robert Millegan
PO Box 577
Walterville, Oregon 97489
541.744.0090
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