"Several businesses are currently challenging fines levied by the Attorney General’s office under Emergency Order 52 using the process laid out in Emergency Order 65, which brings them before the N.H. Department of Health and Human Services to appeal their fine. Importantly, the Attorney General is offering hearsay evidence to support the fine and using anonymous accusers, two things not allowed in a misdemeanor trial."

"“The people of New Hampshire deserve a fair trial, and they deserve representation in their Legislature,” RebuildNH Chairman Andrew Manuse said. “If anything, this latest move to normalize the governor’s emergency orders should send shock waves throughout the entire system. It is clear that changes to state law are needed to prevent Gov. Sununu’s abuses of power and the State of Emergency needs to end now to strip this governor of the undue power that he now has. Anything less, and the public liberty is manifestly endangered.""

As you can see, by passing the language in the budget forgiving businesses of fines and punishments, the Legislature was in fact upholding its own authority under the law and shutting down the unlawful authority that the executive branch was acting under. These businesses you write about in your article are NOT scofflaws because they didn't actually violate any laws. This is specifically why the fines were forgiven by the Legislature, which is the body that actually makes laws. By passing this language in the budget, the Legislature has in fact clarified that the governor cannot pass emergency orders under the color of law that violate state law during a State of Emergency.

All of this I send you as the chairman of RebuildNH for public release, but you should know that I am on the board of the Liberty Defense Fund of NH, also. I know that LDFNH Chairman Thomas McLeod sent you another press release about the fines issued by the attorney general's office on March 2, 2021, noscriptd, "LDFNH SUPPORTS PLAISTOW BUSINESS IN EMERGENCY ORDER FINE CHALLENGE." You'd have to get the whole release from him if you can't find it by emailing chair@ldfnh.org. But in that press release, Thomas included the following key information:

"[In issuing fines to businesses during the State of Emergency, the Attorney General's Office] cited Emergency Order 65 to justify the tribunal it has set up within the Department of Health and Human Services; namely: “The attorney general shall have authority to notify suspected violators of any Emergency Order of the state’s intention to seek a civil penalty or take any other enforcement action, to negotiate, and to settle with such suspected violators without court action.”"

"The problem with this language is that the governor has no authority to issue such an order. The Legislature has determined the enforcement mechanism for violations of emergency orders by law (RSA 21-P:47), and that mechanism is to bring a misdemeanor complaint against the alleged wrongdoer, which is triable in the Circuit Court. The governor’s order is a violation of Part 1, Article 29 of the state Constitution, which states that only the Legislature may suspend a validly enacted state law. The order also violates emergency order statutes, which do not give the governor authority to suspend state law."

"“Importantly, hearsay evidence is not admissible in misdemeanor trials and the accused has the right to confront his accuser and bring his own evidence to support his defense,” LDFNH Chairman Thomas McLeod said. “Besides violating the rights of the accused, the governor’s parallel system of adjudication that he legislated within the executive branch usurps the Legislature’s authority to enact or suspend laws and the Judicial Branch’s power to offer justice, which involves a fair trial and equal treatment under the law.”"

So you see, there are two substantial and involved organizations that have made public statements about this matter, and you did not seek a statement from either of us and instead slanted the article in favor of the government, which was breaking the law. I urge you to consider a follow-up article that tells the whole story.

Sincerely,
Andrew J. Manuse
Chairman
RebuildNH

For those who want an easier post to comment on, here is a link to the email that we are releasing as a public statement that is sharable: https://reopennh.com/pr-public-email-response-to-ap-reporter-holly-ramer-on-biased-reporting/

And here's amazing news from the state of Michigan today:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/michigan-legislature-repeals-governors-emergency-powers-act_3911638.html

Reopennh.com just put up the information for our next political training course.
Even though it is summer, tyrannical politicians don't take time off. They want to take over every branch of government and we need to stop them.
Learn how to be effective on the outside.

Pease plan to attend this training. The link is on our home page.

https://reopennh.com/

This is GINORMOUS NEWS!

We will need to immediately look for two liberty-oriented Republicans to run for a Special Election in Hudson to replace the Obers.

This is a shot across the bow that representatives cannot be in leadership positions and support a tyrant governor and his unlawful and unconstitutional actions during a State of Emergency, or ever for that matter:

https://nhjournal.com/rep-lynne-ober-loses-vice-chair-position-over-budget-stunt-resigns/

Here's some very useful information on how you can get involved to start changing things at the local school board level:

https://www.coreysdigs.com/solutions/how-to-challenge-a-school-board-in-3-5-minutes/

🎉🎉🎉
For those who missed our email earlier this week, please join us THIS SUNDAY at the Freedom Picnic!

Co-hosted with Health Freedom NH, the picnic is a low-key afternoon of family fun with your "freedom family." Stop by with a picnic basket and blanket and bring the kids! There is a playground for the littles, nice big area for some pickup games, and a bunch of like-minded friends.

Location: Greeley Park on Concord Street, Nashua NH; specifically at the gazebo area.
Parking: plenty of street parking available on both sides of Concord Street (we’re asked not to use lots)
Food/Beverage: we will provide watermelon & bottled water; light fare – organic veggie spring rolls will be available with donation
Fun for kids: the groups will each offer a fun and free element – face painting, bubbles, etc.
Suggested to bring: snacks, sandwiches, other non-alcoholic beverages, picnic blanket

RSVP here:
https://hfnh.org/event/aug1/

SEE YOU THERE!

🔥🔥🔥
Epic Tucker monologue last night. MUST WATCH.
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6265493774001#sp=show-clips

Please let Assistant Mayor Splaine know he is breaking State Law by contacting him today:

https://reopennh.com/pr-statement-on-portsmouth-asst-mayor-splaines-illegal-suggestion-re-vaccines/

Contact Assistant Mayor Jim Splaine by calling (727) 466-3546 (looks like a personal number) or by using his online form: https://www.cityofportsmouth.com/citycouncil/profiles/jim-splaine

White House chatter is that lockdowns for delta variant all but a done deal. Virtually all blue states are cooperating with WH / CDC. They’re aiming for late 2nd week of August, per WH official

We're hearing more and more jab mandates being required by employers to get jabbed (federal government not least among them). Know your rights!

You have a religious exemption under both state and federal law, and that exemption does not rest on you being a member of an organized religion. Courts and employers are actually barred from inquiring into the nature of religious belief beyond a cursory examination to determine whether a belief is "sincerely held." What's important for an religious accommodation determination is the employee's stated beliefs, not a particular doctrine or biblical text.

Specifically, under federal rules, if there is a religious objection to vaccination, it is protected under the civil rights act, and a direct threat must exist to prove that reasonable accommodations can not be made for the employee. Case law behind this is strong and a direct threat has been narrowly determined to exist in circumstances such as a nurse with active TB working with patients. To my knowledge a direct threat has never been found to exist in a situation where a medical professional cannot be vaccinated.

We came across these and thought they might be helpful for some of our followers: https://news.gab.com/2021/07/29/important-download-covid-vaccine-religious-exemption-documents-here/

One more hour left at the Freedom Picnic! Stop on by! Greeley Park in Nashua.

⭐⭐ CONCORD ACTION ALERT ⭐⭐
Concord school district officials and school board to meet Monday to discuss reopening guidelines:
https://www.concordmonitor.com/Concord-schools-fall-plan-preview-41705043

Public input will be heard. Currently the superintendent supports masks for all until 70% community vaccination rates, and vaccine is available for under 12 year olds.

In addition: "The district will likely have to require masks on school buses, in accordance with a February order from the CDC that requires masking on all public transportation."

SHOW UP!
When: Monday, August 2
Time: 7:00-8:30 pm
Where: Central Office Board Room, 38 Liberty Street
Agenda: https://sau8.org/school_board/monthly_board_meeting_agenda_packet

"Study after disregarded study has shown that even unvaccinated children are safer than many vaccinated adults. Kids don’t spread COVID the same way. Schools aren’t infection hot spots. Kids rarely get sick from COVID and, when they do, it’s no worse than a cold.

We need to internalize this and stop listening to unhinged bureaucrats and journalists who frame children as little disease vectors. They aren’t. There’s a reason much of Europe didn’t mask kids under age 12 at all. It isn’t that they care about their kids less than we do, here in a country that starts masking at the insane age of 2. In fact, it shows Europeans care about their kids’ development so much they won’t force them to play bit parts in a grand psychodrama."
https://nypost.com/2021/08/01/masking-kids-and-closing-schools-is-irrational-child-abuse/

Did any of you watch Sen. Ron Johnson's press conference with the disabled victims of the COVID injections? For those of you dealing with school administrations and school boards who are insisting on injections for children, please share with them the stories of these injured children. This girl is not the only one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ZqhvwP9Ws

Don't miss this one:

"What if private corporations imposed mask mandates and required COVID-19 vaccinations? What if the government could enlist a wide array of private-sector entities that provide essential services to citizens to carry out what the government itself might find very difficult to carry out? In this way, the government would create a national passport system without having to administer it all from Washington.

...Let’s say that you need proof of vaccination to fly on a plane, or to eat at a restaurant, or to go to a baseball game, or to return to work. This would put pressure on citizens to get vaccines or run the risk of being excluded from the basic activities of life. They could hold out and refuse to be vaccinated, but the consequence would be dire: They would, in effect, become second-class citizens.

...There’s a name for such a partnership between the state and the private sector to force all the citizens into lockstep: fascism."

Read it all: https://www.theepochtimes.com/a-foretaste-of-fascism_3917404.html

Meanwhile in New York... ⬇️

NOW - New York Gov. Cuomo is asking private businesses to require proof of vaccination for admission.

@disclosetv

⭐️⭐️ Hillsboro-Deering ACTION ALERT ⭐️⭐️

If anyone can get over to Hillsboro-Deering Middle School tonight they are having a school board meeting at 6:30 to discuss masking the kids. The local parents could use some backup.

Where: Hillsboro-Deering Middle School (6 Hillcat Dr, Hillsboro, NH 03244)
Time: 6:30pm