There are several truths that have become self-evident since the founding of the State of Oregon. Chief among these are that the laws and responsibilities, set forth in the State Constitution for the Government, [...]
Fellow Oregonians: The Phoenix Project is nothing more than the rewriting of Oregon Constitution. The simple reason for this project is that over the last 165 years, our Constitution has not been addressing, [...]
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 in replacement of the Constitution establishing Oregon as [...]
Article 7: Suffrage, Election Integrity Section 1: Voting in State of Oregon. Voting shall be on Tuesdays as prescribed by law. The previous Monday shall be defined as a day for voters that [...]
Article 6: The People’s Branch; Referendum, Initiative, and County Commissioners Powers This is a new concept. The referendum and initiative process is elevated to an Article to give equal footing to the Legislative [...]
Article 5: Judicial Branch Section 1. The Judicial Power shall be vested in the Supreme Court and consist of three appointed Justices. All Supreme Court Justices shall be Citizens of the United States [...]
Article 4: Legislative Branch Section 1: The legislative power of the State shall be vested in a Legislative Assembly consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives, except for the Referendum, Initiative, [...]
Article 3: Executive Branch Section 1. The Chief Executive Power shall be vested in the “Governor”, who shall hold office for a term of four years and shall not serve more than a [...]
Article 2: Bill of Rights For the most part, this section is a copy of the current constitution. We need to rewrite and modernize the wording. Section 1. Natural rights inherent in people. [...]
Article 1: Bill of Responsibilities Much like the “Bill of Rights” is designed to protect the People from the government, the “Bill of Responsibilities” is designed to protect the government from corruption, despotism, [...]