BOLT of California
DECLARATION OF WAR

WHEREAS, it has become apparent that the California Legislature has abandoned the citizens and passed laws repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of California, violating their oaths to defend each as follows:

1. By allowing seizure of property and fines, without a jury trial or due process, the legislature has violated the 4th, 5th and 8th amendment rights of the citizens. A shining example of this is the exploitation of the California Vehicle Code, which was originally created exclusively to determine fault in an accident, not to indenture all citizens who must necessarily use the roadways to sustain their lives.

2. By allowing the courts to tack on "administrative assessments" to increase fines, the legislature has violated the 8th amendment protections of the Constitution by allowing "excessive fines" to be imposed against citizens.

3. The legislature has engaged in a myriad of machinations with major corporations, such as insurance companies, for the strict purpose of coercing citizens to enter into contracts with these corporations against their will and over their objection.

4. The legislature has passed laws to protect people from themselves thereby violating the 13th amendment by converting otherwise free citizens into slaves to the government.

It is apparent that the legislature has violated the rights of all the citizens for the purposes of financial gain. The traffic system is a mockery of justice where the common man gets no fair trial. The courts have become crooked, money-making agencies that are out of control. The legislature has abandoned the poor and set fines and penalties far above their means so as to remove them from their right to use the roadways, converting the roadway system into a private playground for the rich. The shameful self-centered acts of these elite representatives are reprehensible and designed to take advantage of the ignorance and other disadvantages of the poor.

The legislature has allowed administrative agencies to confiscate property and punish people, without a trial, through a series of "statutory exceptions to the Constitution." The citizen cannot go to the courts for relief because the state courts have been corrupted by a quota system imposed by statute. The Attorney General defends the state at all costs and will not step in to insure justice. The grand juries are lead around by the nose and kept in ignorance of their powers and responsibilities by the District Attorneys. The American Civil Liberties Union has become a farce -- nothing more than a lawyer referral service to benefit attorneys who specialize in Federal law.

Therefore Bikers Of Lesser Tolerance hereby declares war on all the traitors who are involved. BOLT is a non-violent organization who will bring the battles into the Federal Courts to protect the citizens and expose the traitors in our state for what they are. All BOLT members are loyal to the Constitution of the United States and have pledged their lives to uphold it against all enemies foreign and domestic.

To the traitors who have sold out our country, be forewarned we will expose you. Since we are aware that without freedom we own nothing, all of us are committed to achieving this goal rather than trying to accumulate possessions or status. We, unlike the California Legislature, cannot be bought and sold.

Enacted this 6th day of January 1997