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The basic premise asked of lawyers here is the 9th amendment protects natural rights and what right is more natural than life.

Therefore it's a rather simple test.

Does a state or federal law deny or disparage the right to life? If yes, it cannot be used to prevent a prosecution.

Basically a case should be taken all the way to the supreme court on a denied murder case let's say for a minor murdering an adult. And the answer from the court should be. Life is protected under the 9th amendment and cannot be construed to be denied or disparaged.

If my premise is correct, eventually this would be the the correct interpretation and even a minor is subject to prosecution under a faithful reading of the Constitution regardless of a state law or lower federal law.

Would James Madison the writer of the 9th amendment believe that a government that assumes the supremacy over violence but is not prosecuting or interpreting life as an inherent right of the constitution is commiting either a denial or a disparage of a natural right?

What do you think?

A Federal Policy Framework for the Privatization of Marriage and Freedom of Conscience

The institution of marriage in the United States currently suffers from a fundamental conflation of spiritual covenant and civil contract. By treating domestic unions as a single state-sanctioned permit, the government infringes upon personal conscience, entangles civil courts in theological disputes, and weaponizes a sacred bond for political ends. This proposal establishes a federal framework to privatize spiritual marriage completely while reforming civil domestic support agreements into objective, voluntary contracts under state jurisdiction.

Under this framework, the federal government officially relinquishes all authority to define, license, or regulate spiritual marriage. A spiritual union is defined strictly as a private covenant between the individuals involved and God, existing entirely within the domain of personal conscience or religious tradition. The state holds zero power to issue licenses for spiritual marriage, charge fees for it, dictate who is eligible, or define its spiritual validity. Furthermore, First Amendment protections are absolute, ensuring that no church, mosque, synagogue, or officiant can ever be compelled to perform, bless, or recognize any union that violates their specific doctrines.

To address the worldly, financial, and property aspects of cohabitation, the framework establishes an optional, secondary civil agreement administered by the states. If a couple chooses to share property, combine finances, or assume mutual support duties, they voluntarily sign a civil contract that functions under standard contract law rather than state family court status. To ensure fairness, civil courts are strictly prohibited from enforcing any contract terms deemed unconscionable or predatory to either party. The tax code is simplified to align strictly with this civil tier: tax benefits, joint filing, and spousal deductions are accessible exclusively through a registered civil contract or its triggered activation. Individuals in spiritual-only unions file taxes as independent individuals, keeping their spiritual vows un-monetized and free from state entanglement.

To protect couples from premature financial obligations while dating or preparing for marriage, civil agreements may utilize conditional triggers. A couple can draft and sign a civil support contract in advance that remains completely dormant until a specific, mutually defined trigger event occurs—such as a ceremony at a designated church, a declaration before specified witnesses, or a joint notarized filing submitted to the state. If the trigger event never takes place, the civil contract expires without force, eliminating "he said, she said" disputes in civil court. Couples who wish to enter a purely worldly financial contract without any spiritual dimension are fully accommodated under this system, ensuring complete pluralism for secular citizens.

Finally, this framework completely decouples civil contract termination from spiritual dissolution. A civil divorce requires only the execution of the agreed-upon exit terms in the civil contract, dissolving asset splits and financial obligations without any claim to alter a person's soul or spiritual state. Spiritual dissolution remains entirely between the individuals, God, and their chosen religious authority. For those who enter a private vow before God, the spiritual bond remains an enduring, irrevocable commitment that no civil judge or county clerk has the power to undo, forcing religious institutions and individuals to take full responsibility for the sanctity of their covenants without hiding behind state decrees. Parentage and child support remain non-negotiable under law, guaranteeing that dependent children are protected regardless of whether a spiritual or civil agreement exists.

What do you think?

Improvement?

Flaws?

I would like to improve the idea if you know how.

Federal labor standards would establish full-time employment at 23 hours per week. Work beyond 8 hours per day, 4 days per week, or 33 hours per week would be overtime. Workers would earn paid break time equal to 12% of worktime, with the right to leave the premises during paid breaks. Workers would earn paid vacation equal to 10% of worktime and paid sick leave equal to 3% of worktime. Sick leave could be used in one-hour increments, including immediately before or during a shift. Vacation could be subject to a minimum 12-hour advance notice requirement. Every employer would provide at least three mandatory opportunities for mercy for lateness or failure to arrive during every rolling six-month period.

Employment would be designed primarily around contracts, with three-year contracts providing stability while allowing workers to take voluntary periods away from employment between contracts. Workers could voluntarily certify for additional positions they agree to be trained and flexibly assigned to. Each additional position would increase their hourly wage by at least $1, with states authorized to require higher premiums based on the position. Certifications could be changed every three months. The system would make additional skills and flexibility directly valuable to workers while giving employers greater staffing flexibility.

Corporate taxation would be 25% for businesses that do not comply with the labor standards and 15% for compliant businesses. Employer payroll taxes would be reduced substantially while workers receive the new benefits, making compliance economically preferable rather than relying solely on penalties. Alimony would be abolished.

A 10% federal Value Added Tax would be established. 7 percentage points would fund a universal SNAP food benefit for every citizen, usable at participating grocery stores and restaurants, with government-established maximum prices for qualifying SNAP-labeled food products where necessary. 1 percentage point would fund federally owned underground rare-earth mineral processing facilities built to the highest standards for pollution control and efficiency, with products sold at profit and profits deposited into a sovereign wealth fund. 1 percentage point would fund military munitions and drone production. 1 percentage point would continuously develop and stock the Golden Dome with years of defensive munitions reserves.

Social Security would be placed on a no-debt funding design with a retirement age of 65, funded by an 8% employee payroll contribution and 2% employer contribution. Medicare would use a fixed 1.5% employee and 1.5% employer contribution, while Medicaid would use a fixed 1% employee and 1% employer contribution. Both programs would operate without debt. Medicaid would be limited to citizens and to a maximum of ten years of lifetime participation.

The national economic strategy would recognize that the United States already possesses enormous productive capacity. Food, housing, healthcare technology, energy, minerals, and manufacturing should be expanded through targeted investment and automation so that abundance reduces the amount of labor necessary to sustain a prosperous society.

Expand domestic oil and mineral production and pursue major production partnerships or statehood offers involving Greenland and Venezuela, with federal production capacity available for private companies to expand upon at their own expense. The ultimate objective is a society where citizens can live securely without being coerced into employment, yet voluntarily choose productive work because employment offers meaningful income, excellent working conditions, paid time, skills, social connection, purpose, and opportunity. The nation should be judged not merely by how prosperous it appears when conditions are favorable, but by whether its incentives produce voluntary participation, innovation, fiscal discipline, resilience, and general wellbeing when conditions change.

PS6 game example under mandatory rules

Cost is $99.99 physical PS5 + digital PS6

And $69.99 digital PS6

Lenticular front cover of the case.

Leather binding to make it soft to the touch case. Brown with Gold lettering of game on edge.

Art book.

Soundtrack on CD.

Lenticular discs.

DRM free and fully playable offline version required to be given the PS6 label on the physical game copy box with a PS5 physical inside and PS6 digital code as separate licenses.

This plan fixed our healthcare costs, healthcare education costs, and overhauls federal income tax to help pay for a restructuring of how the government and business is interacting. Now the businesses would not need to worry about healthcare nor worry about high payroll taxes instead they focus on labor benefits on break times, vacation times and sick times being properly allocated. Here's the structure.

Federal income tax shifted to 20% flat no caps and no exemptions to raise trillions of extra capital balancing the federal budget.

Current Medicare and Medicaid abolished.

2 Trillion fixed annual budget for Medicare for All.

Americans have to pay for their own drugs capped based on the average price worldwide of the bottom 50% costing nations for the drug.

Increasing supply of medical personnel which solves shortages by cost reduction by debt reduction and good labor benefits.

Salaries in the Medicare for All.

Voluntary overtime and 2% raise each year you serve in the program. A private market still exists.

$50,000 for less than a bachelors degree.

$100,000 for a bachelors degree.

$200,000 for a doctor's degree.

$300,000 for a doctor's degree and being a surgeon.

Bachelors degrees that cost less than $150,000 get a 75% write-off when completed and you sign up to work in the Medicare for All program for 10 or more years.

Doctor's degrees that cost less than $400,000 get a 75% write-off when completed and you sign up to work in the Medicare for All program for at least 10 years.

Drugs are price capped based on average price of bottom 50% of pricing for nations worldwide. 

Through this we have the deficit eliminated, the debt going down, Medicare for all implemented, people paying for their own drugs at fair prices and a fiscally restrained cost of the program.

$200 a month Universal Basic Income for all American citizens. Requires proof of citizenship to the federal government directly.

SNAP abolished.

All Americans jobs new labor minimum standards.

All overtime is voluntary.

10% of work time is paid breaktime

8% of worktime earns you equal paid vacation time

6% of worktime earns you equal unpaid sick time.

Payroll tax employers 2% and employees 0%.

Federal government injects $500 Billion into the program each year. Age lowered to 60 and work and earnings have no impact on eligibility. Operates on a no debt model where checks automatically reduce in size based on revenue collected from the prior year + the 500 Billion baseline. Payouts determined by age.

Payout from social security pool by age.

Above 60 is 1 portion.

Above 80 is 2 portions.

Above 100 is 3 portions.

Those above 100 are verified to continue to be alive every 5 years. If verification cannot be confirmed they are removed from the program after 5 years of trying. Those above 100 do not have to wait they can personally go in and verify themselves to get their 5 year clock reset or checks restored with back pay.

Federal Income Tax Reform

0% on first 50,000

25% on 50,000 to 100,000

30% on 100,000 to 1 Million

35% on 1 Million to 1 Billion

40% on 1 Billion to 10 Billion

45% above 10 Billion

Value Added Tax with all revenue for Universal Basic Income for All Americans. No debt allowed. Rate determined by debate in Congress. Placeholder 10%.

SNAP for All Americans and with the amount tied to revenue of a new Business Revenue Tax. No debt allowed. Rare determined by debate in Congress. The amount of revenue from the prior year determines payment sizes and verified American citizens receiving SNAP the following year. Placeholder 1.5%

10% of worktime earns equal time in each category:

Equal 10% paid breaktime

Equal 10% paid vacation time

Equal 10% unpaid sick time

Overtime begins at 32 hours a week with all overtime as voluntary. This will get the younger generation willing to work and prevent the workers now from quitting.

Credit cards interest rates capped at 10% + federal reserve rate. If the federal reserve rate is 5% then credit cards are capped at 15%.

Escheatment law changed from 3 to 5 years to a minimum of 20 years to protect citizens from predatory banks and state governments.

Edible Marijuana Legalization age 21 and all marijuana products age 25 and older.

All smoking products raised to 25 and older.

Alcohol legalized at Age 18 at a maximum of 1% alcohol products. At age 21 maximum of 5% alcohol products. At age 25 whatever you want.

Alimony abolished.

25% refund on approved medical school programs costing their graduates less than $100,000.

Federal Minimum Wage increases to $12 and increases by $1.50 every 8 years continuously.

Payment processing fees are now capped at 2%. For example credit cards on businesses. This cap offsets the revenue tax funding snap benefits for many businesses.

Make insurance not required for anything, always optional.

English made the official federal language while states and local governments set secondary languages if they so choose.

Medicare and Medicaid are abolished in favor of a free consolation program and medical account program for all citizens. Every American citizen has 4 free checkups at the doctor a year where the doctor is paid a fee of $60 for any participating locations. Every American citizen receives $150 a year in a medical account. This $150 a month rate increases by $1 every year.

All Tariff revenue goes to the sovereignty wealth fund for the United States of America. This fund can be pulled from by no more than 10% of the fund amount in a given year by Congress. This fund is 50% liquidity and 50% investments.

Tariff rates are set at 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, and 60% at the discretion of the president per nation. Any tariff rates over 60% require Congress. No tariff rates below 10%.

Along interstate highways mass construction of small 525 sq ft apartments and medium apartments at 900 sq ft. These apartments are $100 a month and $250 a month. Approximately 50 million of the small and 10 million of the medium be made to reduce cost of living and create downward pressure on rent exploitation.

By 2050 every gas station in America must have at least 1 multi-brand charging station for electric cars.

Domestic car production nationwide can now bypass dealerships and ship directly to the consumer.

$1 a year state funding for every citizen of your state for proven success in meeting new federal standards for clean pristine sidewalks, government buildings, trash disposal, snow disposal, parks, no graffiti, and upholding of federal law. Additional threshold policies refined and determined by committee in the Senate. Threshold met determined by the Senate appointed agency.