1. I will have ALL executive power in Utah, Period.
If I am elected Governor, I will be the sole executive power in the State:
"The executive power of the State shall be vested in the Governor who shall see that the laws are faithfully
executed." (Article VII section 4, Utah Constitution).
If I determine that a law is unconstitutional, and refuse to enforce it, no one else on Planet Earth will have the constitutional authority to enforce that law as long as I am Governor. The Courts cannot compel me to enforce an unconstitutional law. The Legislature cannot give my authority to any other person. That's the whole idea of the separation of powers. In our Constitution, we, the people, have protected our inalienable rights with several checks and balances. If a bill is unconstitutional, the Legislature can nullify it. They must pass it into law before I can enforce it. The Courts can nullify a law by refusing to convict persons I bring before them. Finally, the people acting as "Informed Juries", can nullify bad laws by refusing to convict, despite the wishes of a tyrannical government.
Currently there are many State and Federal laws that violate our Constitutions. Immediately after my inauguration, I will issue an executive order to terminate the enforcement of those laws in Utah. I will order all enforcement agencies and personnel within our State to disregard any law that infringes your rights to your personal life-style (religion). Those who think drug prohibition is a good thing will have to change to Constitution or replace the Governor before they can limit your constitutional rights in the state of Utah. Any officer within the State of Utah who attempt to infringe your privacy rights will be in violation of his or her oath of office and I will call for their immediate removal from office.
2. All government officers, including the governor, are bound by their oath of office to support obey and defend the Constitution.
My oath of office will bind me to support, obey and defend the Constitutions:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, obey and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this State, and I will discharge the duties of my office with
fidelity." (Article IV section 10, Utah State Constitution).
Notice, I will not take an oath to obey the opinions of the State Supreme Court or any federal officer or justice. It will be my sworn duty to study the Constitution, understand it, interpret it and uphold it.
If I were required to obey the opinions of the courts, my oath of office would so indicate. Therefore, my first allegiance will be to the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Utah. If I find conflict between those Constitutions, I will be required to side with the Federal Constitution:
"The State of Utah is an inseparable part of the Federal Union and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the
land."
3. The Drug War is
Unconstitutional
In 1919, America ratified the Eighteenth Amendment which reads:
"Section 1. After one year of the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate
legislation."
Why did they need to ratify this amendment? Why not just pass a law against whiskey, brandy etc.? Back then everyone knew they couldn't pass any such laws. The Constitution did not specifically allow it. The Tenth Amendment forbids them from doing anything not specifically allowed by the constitution:
"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."
In 1933 America ratified the Twenty-first Amendment which reads in part: Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed... " The states were allowed to continue their war on alcohol, but the Federal Government was no longer in the prohibition business.
So, how come the Feds passed their anti-Marijuana laws in 1937? Where did they get their constitutional authority? If they couldn't wage a war on alcohol without an amendment, then how could they wage war on any other drug without an amendment?
The answer is they couldn't. Presidents Reagan and Bush violated their oaths of office when they declared the "War on Drugs". Every President since Roosevelt in 1937 has violated their oaths of office when they allow their federal agents to harass and arrest private citizens for drug possession or drug dealing.
As governor of the State of Utah, my sworn duty will be to defend the citizens of Utah against all enemies, domestic and foreign. Any officer of the Federal Tyranny who enters our State for the purpose of infringing your constitutional rights is an enemy of the Constitution. My oath will require me to defend the Constitution. I will organize and call up the State Militia, if necessary, to defend the citizens of Utah against all enemies.