Keep Out Kagan Day

From Medina Tea Party Patriots --

Principles to consider when evaluating a Supreme Court nominee

1. As the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan is upon us, Tea Party Patriots has adopted the following set of principles to consider when evaluating any Supreme Court nominee. We invite you to encourage the Senate to use these principles as they are making decisions regarding the current and future Supreme Court nominees.

2. Judges must interpret the Constitution of the United States as written and not attempt to modify it, either by inventing new rights or by ignoring or diluting rights already there. The Constitution already provides an amendment process that gives that power to the people and their elected officials.

3. Judges must not use their positions to replace the text of the law and Constitution of the United States with their own personal feelings or agenda or "life experiences." Nor should they allow empathy, political favor, or political identification to affect their legal decisions. To do so is to engage in judicial activism.

4. Judges must understand that the Federal government has no power if the Constitution does not explicitly provide it. The Founders did this to maximize personal and economic liberty. The Constitution reserves all other rights to the states and to the people.

5. Judges must respect the delicate checks and balances and the separation of powers among the branches of government, refusing to become a tool of either the Legislative or Executive branches, and they must be prepared to invalidate efforts of either branch to overstep its constitutionally delegated powers.
   
   The Constitution is an American document, and declares that it shall be "the supreme Law of the Land." Foreign law has no place as precedent or authority in the interpretation of the Constitution.

“Keep out Kagan” day

Based on the principles created by the Tea Party Patriots listed above, we are joining various organizations including Eagle Forum and the Young Conservatives Coalition in asking concerned citizens to participate in the "Keep out Kagan" call campaign.

As the Senate decides whether to confirm Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, we want to send a clear message to Senators Voinovich and Brown that we deserve an experienced judge who believes in free speech and capitalism.

On Tuesday, June 8th, Please take the time to call the Congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and tell our Senators to “Keep out Kagan.”

Happy Memorial Day 2010

The Cleveland Tea Party Patriots salute all our veterans & soldiers. Please take time today & remember our fallen warriors & those currently serving...

Without their sacrifice - we would have no Nation for God to Bless!

Challenge Your City to Stand FOR Arizona

Patriots,

Now is your chance to fight back for Arizona!

Under the pressure of pro-amnesty groups more and more cities are coming out against AZ's new Immigration -- we need to help them fight back against these full-frontal assaults on their rights as a sovereign state of this great nation.

With the City of Cleveland being just one of the area cities jumping on the band wagon against AZ, you can be sure with a new County Council being seated in Cuyahoga County, this will soon follow at a county level. We cannot allow that to happen and must be proactive in stopping it.

Below you will find a template for a Resolution supporting the AZ Immigration Bill. We are encouraging everyone to copy & paste it for presentation to your City Council's for passage.

From Grassroots Rally Team --

On May 17, 2010 Cleveland City Council passed Resolution 675, which opposes Arizona's Senate Bill 1070 and supports Comprehensive Immigration Reform. It has been said that Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Lorain and Toledo will be asked to pass similar resolutions.

The Grassroots Rally Team of Ohio has a Resolution which supports Arizona. The resolution was drafted with the help of Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI). We will be taking this resolution to our townships, villages and cities asking they pass this resolution to support Arizona.

This is a grassroots effort to combat the anti-Arizona resolutions that are being passed in cities. We're asking you to stand with us in supporting Arizona, by asking your community to pass this resolution.

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Whereas, the City of (INSERT YOUR CITY), Ohio believes strongly in the integrity of the borders of the United States and that the federal government has a duty to protect these borders, including regulating the numbers and the qualifications for entrance into the country;

Whereas, the Federal Government has failed in its role to protect our borders from an unprecedented number of illegal aliens entering our country;

Whereas, the State of Arizona is in the unusual and unfortunate position of enduring the vast majority of illegal border crossings and suffering from the narcotics trafficking into our country;

Whereas, the Federation for American Immigration Reform estimates that 500,000 illegal aliens live in the State of Arizona;

Whereas, after considering both Fiscal Costs and Fiscal Revenues, it is estimated that illegal aliens cost the State over $2.7 billion annually,

Whereas, the State of Arizona, has passed Arizona Senate Bill 1070, which was amended by Arizona House Bill 2162, to assist the federal government in enforcing the nation’s immigration laws;

Whereas, the Arizona law requires its law enforcement officers to verify a person’s immigration status with the federal government, if the officer has a reasonable suspicion to believe that the person is unlawfully in the United States;

Whereas the Arizona law expressly prohibits the use of racial profiling and is designed to help enforce the nation’s immigration laws in a way that does not violate anyone’s civil rights;

Whereas the Arizona law requires aliens to register for and carry documents with them that the federal already requires such aliens to possess and does not require United States citizens to carry any documents;

Be it Resolved, that the citizens and [Your City Council] of (Your City), Ohio hereby affirm their support for the people of Arizona who must endure the direct consequences of our federal government’s failure in protecting our borders. The [xxxxx] further applauds and thanks Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and the Arizona State Legislature for protecting its citizens when the Federal Government has refused to do so.


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Senator Scott Brown a turncoat?

Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass) is facing some heat over his stance on Wall Street reform. People must remember Brown was elected only because he was the 41st vote against health care in the Senate -- NOT because he was a conservative!

But this serves as a perfect example of why it is important to put faith in our values and not politicians.

From New Patriot Journal (via Politico) --

In January, he broke the Democrats’ lock on the Senate.

On Thursday, he gave it back.

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) effectively became the 60th vote to cut off debate on Wall Street reform Thursday – a far cry from when Republicans were hailing him as the 41st GOPer who was going to stand up to the Democrats’ agenda. Brown also voted "yes" on final passage.

Brown’s vote allowed Democrats to move swiftly toward final passage of one of President Barack Obama’s top legislative priorities, a day after he was accused of breaking his word by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who said Brown had promised to vote yes Wednesday.

By Thursday, though, Brown switched from no to yes, after a talk with Reid and a full-on sales-pitch from Democrats in the Massachusetts delegation, including Sen. John Kerry, who made the pitch that the bill is good for the state. Brown met Kerry at the Democrat's Georgetown home at 6 a.m. Thursday for a bike ride where they discussed the pending bill extensively, Brown said.

“I spoke at length over a 40 mile bike-ride with Senator Kerry about it,” Brown said exiting the floor after casting his vote Thursday. “It was this morning, and he’s a very good athlete.”

Kerry, who had hip replacement surgery in January, rode with Brown all the way to Great Falls, Md., an aide to the Democrat confirmed to POLITICO.

House Financial Service Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) also talked to Brown – telling him that his concerns about the impact on home-state financial firms such as Fidelity and State Street would be addressed.

It wasn’t simply home-state pride. Democrats needed Brown when it became clear that the ‘no’ votes of Democratic senators Maria Cantwell of Washington and Russ Feingold of Wisconsin couldn’t be flipped.

The vote – and perhaps even his long conversation with Kerry – seem sure to give Brown trouble with the government-wary Tea Party movement that backed his candidacy to take Sen. Ted Kennedy’s seat. Grassroots supporters who once heralded Brown responded to the senator's vote immediately on social media such as Facebook and Twitter, accusing him of being a "liar" and "Republican in name only." Read more....

Support Ohio Sovereignty Amendment

Ohio Tea Party Patriots

Support

Ohio Sovereignty Amendment

Ohio- May 21, 2010 On Thursday, May 13, the People's Constitution Coalition of Ohio (PCCOH) officers met with the Ballot Committee and obtained approval for the Sovereignty Amendment. On May 17, the Attorney General's office returned the certified petition to PCCOH. On May 18, The Ohio Tea Party Patriots announced its support of the drive to gather petition signatures to place this amendment before Ohio voters.

History of PCCOH

Ever since the August 1, 2009 Liber-Tea Party in Columbus, which was the first call to rally support around an Ohio Sovereignty Amendment, Al Wilson/PCCOH has been working closely with Ohio Senator Tim Grendell, in order to ensure that the language in the amendment and the language in the Senate bill(s) were consistent, and that the Senate efforts and PCCOH efforts strengthened each other to enhance the chances of passage. Sen. Grendell has formally endorsed the PCCOH Ohio Sovereignty Amendment.

Substance of PCCOH

The PCCOH amendment is a comprehensive sovereignty amendment, intended to protect Ohio residents from intrusive federal legislation, regulation, and mandates. The language has been drafted to protect Ohioans from healthcare mandates, Cap and Trade, amnesty for illegals, card check, and so on - all bills that are either already enacted by Congress or are coming down the pike. If the PCCOH amendment gets enough signatures to get on the ballot, there will be no need to gather signatures for any other sovereignty amendment.

In addition, because its protection extends to so many areas of de facto or potential federal encroachment, the OH Tea Party groupsPatriot will be able to look to other organizations concerned with particular issues (e.g., groups opposing amnesty or gun control ) to join in the signature-gathering, thus increasing the likelihood of success. The text of the draft as approved is on the PCCOH website at http://www.pccoh.com/ .

Signatures Needed:

To get on the election ballot, the petition needs 400,000 registered Ohio voter signatures + 200,000 additional registered Ohio voter signatures to cover the inevitable disqualification of signatures. PCCOH recommends 700,000 signatures to absolutely guarantee success.

Deadlines:

In order to get this amendment onto the November 2010 ballot, volunteers would need to collect at least 600,000 signatures by June 20, since 10 days are needed to process the petitions prior to the official June 30 deadline. But that leaves only about 30 days for canvassing, which translates into collecting 20,000 signatures per day.

A more realistic timeframe is to aim to get this amendment on the ballot for the May 2011 election, which means we have a mid-December 2010 deadline for submission. Every signature that we collect prior to June 20, 2010 remains valid if we submit in December 2010.

Volunteers:
Seven northern Ohio groups have already signed on to work with the PCCOH on signature-gathering. They will be looking for team captains to take on specific geographic areas. The first priority will be to identify participating organizations and groups in Ohio , and then team captains from those groups. Specific plans will follow from each participating group.

About The Ohio Tea Party Patriots

The Ohio Tea Party Patriots & affiliate groups consists of conservative minded organizitions in the great state of Ohio. Cleveland 9.12 Project/ Medina Tea Party Patriots / Mansfield Tea Party Patriots / Geauga - Lake County Tea Party Patriots / Buckeye Lake Tea Party Patriots / Bowling Green Ohio Tea Party Patriots / Cleveland Tea Party Patriots / Geauga 9-12 Patriots

About The Tea Party Patriots (www.teapartypatriots.org)

The Tea Party Patriots is a non-partisan, national organization whose core principles are Limited Government, Fiscal Responsibility, and a Free Market Society.

Prohibit Illegal Aliens from receiving Worker's Comp: Support OH SB 238

From Grass Roots Rally Team (OH) --

Senate Bill 238

Synopsis:

Senate Bill 238 would prohibit illegal and unauthorized aliens from receiving compensation and benefits under Ohio's Workers' Compensation Law.

http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_SB_238_I_Y.pdf

Proponent testimony was on May 18, 2010. We attended the hearing and gave testimony in support of this Bill. Opponent testimony is scheduled for Tuesday May 25, 2010 at 4:00 PM.

Members of the Grassroots Rally Team also emailed supportive testimony to Senator Seitz, which was also presented as testimony at the hearing. You can still e-mail testimony to Senator Seitz at SD08@senate.state.oh.us .

Please contact the committee members and voice your support of this bill.

The following are the Insurance, Commerce and Labor committee members:

Steve Buehrer (R) Chair
Phone: (614) 466-8150
Email: SD01@senate.state.oh.us

Keith Faber (R)Vice Chair
Phone: (614) 466-7584
Email: SD12@senate.state.oh.us

Joe Schiavoni (D) Ranking Minority Member
Phone: (614) 466-8285
Email: SD33@maild.sen.state.oh.us

Karen Gillmor (R)
Phone: (614) 466-8049
Email: SD26@senate.state.oh.us

Jim Hughes (R)
Phone: (614) 466-5981
Email: SD16@senate.state.oh.us

Shannon Jones (R)
Phone: (614) 466-9737
Email: SD07@senate.state.oh.us

Eric Kearney (D)
Phone: (614) 466-5980
Email: SD09@maild.sen.state.oh.us

Tim Schaffer (R)
Phone: (614) 466-5838
Email: SD31@senate.state.oh.us

Bill Seitz (R)
Phone: (614) 466-8068
Email: SD08@senate.state.oh.us

Fred Strahorn (D)
Phone: (614) 466-6247
Email: SD05@maild.sen.state.oh.us

Nina Turner (D)
Phone: (614) 466-4583
Email: SD25@maild.sen.state.oh.us

Chris Widener (R)
Phone: (614) 466-3780
Email: SD10@senate.state.oh.us

Arizona Needs Your Support!

From the Medina Tea Party Patriots --

According to the Columbus Dispatch, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman has banned work-related travel to Arizona. He wants to send a message to Arizona that the new immigration law is not the American way. Click here to read the entire article.

It’s time to stand with Arizona and to voice our support for Arizona Senate Bill 1070. We ask you to contact the Mayor's office and politely, respectfully express your concerns about his recent decision to boycott Arizona.

Mayor Coleman’s Office
Phone: 614-645-7671
Fax: 614-645-5818
Email: mac@columbus.gov

Join us in thanking Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer

Since the signing of SB 1070, Governor Jan Brewer and her state have been scorned and mocked for upholding the law. As Tea Party Patriots, we need to show our support for Gov. Brewer’s actions. Please contact the Arizona Governor’s office and thank her for standing up for America’s laws. Tell her that Ohio stands with Arizona in this fight to protect our country, its boarders and our citizens.

Governor Jan Brewer’s Office
T: 602-542-4331 / 1-(800) 253-0883
F: 602-542-1381
E-mail: http://www.azgovernor.gov/Contact.asp

Here is a very compelling video put out by the Governor’s office: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLgZ1LWLlko.

Thanks to Amy & Jeff (Medina TPP) for the above.

Patriots, we wanted to add the following info to the above contact info....

In our coordinator call last night Scott Boston (Bowling Green Tea Party Patriots) shared the discussions he had with Tea Party leaders last weekend in AZ at the TPP Regional training meetings. The AZ Tea Party coordinators have expressed their heartfelt thanks for the support they are seeing from across the country. After recently facing a full frontal assault by President Obama and many Democrats in Congress, we must continue our support and stand by our American sisters & brothers in AZ.

How You Can Help

When you contact Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman's office, ask them to put thier money where their mouth is.... the red light cameras in Columbus are run by an AZ company. Challenge Mayor Coleman to stand behind his own boycott and shut down the red light cameras.

Continue calling the City of Cleveland and express your outrage over their recent emergency passage of a Resolution against the AZ Immigration Bill. Within the next couple days, we will have a template for a Resolution supporting AZ that you can take to your own City Council and ask your local elected officials to support AZ.

Whenever possible please support the Buycott AZ movement with your purchases. To boycott the boycotters, please click here for a list of those boycotting AZ.

Please sign the Tea Party Patriot petition in support of AZ by clicking here. After signing the petition, share the link with everyone on your Facebook pages and email lists.

Please use the below 'I Support Arizona' image on your Facebook and Twitter profiles.


For further information, click here for a link to the text of the bill.