Restoration of Liberty Act

As Senator Paul aptly chips away at the tyrannical status quo with the changing issues in the news cycle, campaign time will not offer voters the same comprehensive consideration of the may issues which Sen. Paul wants to address.  National Presidential campaigns are largely about sound bytes. And the best way to to get a mass movement of people to support much needed reform on a wide constellation of issues is to propose to deal with them in an omnibus bill once he is elected.

He should take the position that liberty is not negotiable.  And that the many and constant threats to liberty as so endangering to the Republic and the liberties of the people that the situation can only be described as an emergency.  Accordingly he should pile in many and drastic reforms into one omnibus bill called "The Restoration of Liberty Act".  He should make clear that until it passes unmodified in both Houses that he will refuse to sign ANY other piece of legislation.  Such is the urgency of this restoration.

I welcome input from readers but below are some of the things I think must be included in the bill:

1. The pardon and release of all non violent drug offenders.
2. The immediate end of the Federal government's legislation, prosecution and enforcement of drug laws.  Any federal drug statutes should be repealed.
3. An immediate end to any surveillance - by the NSA or any other agency - of American citizens without a warrant
4. The immediate end of any involvement of the federal government in legislation and regulation of marriage.  This issue falls solely within the realm of states' jurisdiction.
5. The immediate closure of the following government agencies in their entirety: Department of Education, the Drug Enforcement Agency, Alcohol Tobacco Firearms, Housing and Urban Development
6. The immediate cessation of federal land acquisition programs.
7. The immediate cessation of the FCC's regulation of content on any medium.
8. The immediate destruction of any and all programs and records related to the regulation of firearms.
9. An urgent review by the Department of Defence of all foreign military bases and presence.  To report to the President within 60 days a classification of all foreign bases as being: 1. Strategically necessary to national security.  2. Desirable to National Security objectives.  3. Non essential.  Following that a number of closures wherein all soldiers will be relocated to securing the border.
10. An immediate end to the provision of military equipment to state and local police forces.
11. A statute that invokes civil and criminal liability PERSONALLY to any legislator proposing legislation that infringes the constitutional rights of Americans.  The same should also be extended to anyone enforcing such laws.  I would support this extending also to the judiciary - that is, any judge who upholds, for instance, an illegal search of a citizen by a police officer - would be both civilly and criminally liable as a party to the offence of the violation of liberty.
12. Immediate withdrawal from the UN and a review of all existing trade agreements with respect to their unconstitutional violations of sovereignty.


I think that is a good start but there is much much more that belongs in the bill.  I welcome a discussion and feedback on this.