Monday, May 28, 2007

TUESDAY LESSONS IN CIVICS & THE CONSTITUTION - C





“Just Hitting Another

Brick Wall”










Unconstitutional and Illegal Federal Laws



Article III.

The powers of the Third Branch of government, the Judicial Branch are listed in Article III of the Constitution. The only three Crimes that the Federal Courts are constitutionally empowered to have jurisdiction over are treason, piracy, and counterfeiting.

Also:

Section 2.

The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; --to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; --to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; --to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; --to Controversies between two or more States; --between a State and Citizens of another State; --between Citizens of different States; --between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects…..

The only other purpose of the United Supreme Court is to interpret the Constitution and to rule on the constitutionality of laws enacted by Congress. Congress (the House and the Senate) are the ONLY branch of government empowered to draft and enact laws, as they are the Legislative Branch of the government, yet, the non-elected social activist judges on the Supreme Court, have taken it upon themselves to legislate from the bench, which they have no constitutional right to do.

A prime example of this was the Supreme Courts ruling that a woman has the Constitutional right to have an abortion under the constitutional right to privacy. This ruling, on its face, is so ludicrous. I can’t figure out how anyone in their right mind, can come up with a right to murder ones unborn child under the RIGHT TO PRIVACY.

Article IV.

Section 4.

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened), against domestic Violence.

Under this section of ARTICLE IV, we find two violations by all three branches of the Federal Government.

First of all, according to the Constitution, the Government of the United States is to be a Constitutional REPUBLIC. Ignorance is the number one reason for the problems we face in our country today. If you do not know the Constitution of the United States, how can you expect to hold your public servants accountable to it?

The majority of Americans today, are totally ignorant as to what form of government we have. The government which was established by our founding fathers. Contrary to the false indoctrination of our public school system, distortions by the mainstream media, and the false political dribble of calculated dis-information by government officials and political figures, our nation is a Republic, NOT a Democracy. No where in the Constitution will you find the word “democracy.” A Republic is rule by the absolute and constant standard of Law (the Constitution, the Common Law and the Ten Commandments), and is a true representative government. A democracy, on the other hand, is a highly self-destructive form of government. A democracy is rule by the uncertain relativism and constantly shifting trends of public policy.

Very often, in a democracy, the rights and wishes of the majority are often trampled upon because the wishes of the minority are often considered to be of more importance. The founding fathers had the following to say:

“Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property, and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” – James Madison

Liberty has never lasted long in a democracy, nor has it ever ended in anything better than despotism.” – Fisher Ames

“In a republic, the importance of the central government, seen as an economic parasite and a potential tyrant, is rightfully minimized. By contrast, our democracy today, like all humanistic democracies before it, is nothing more than mob rule… where the federal government becomes a criminal, stealing from the productive and giving to the unproductive; where the government makes ungodly laws and the politicians play god, relying ultimately upon the force of violence.” No Time For Slaves, R.E. McMaster, Jr.

Despite all of this, our schools, the MSM and our elected officials, insist on calling our government a democracy, even though the founding fathers warned never to allow this country to become a democracy. I believe that it was Benjamin Franklin who was asked, after signing the Declaration of Independence, “What kind of government have you given us?” his answer was: “A Republic, if you can keep it.”

The second violation of this ARTICLE has been the failure on the part of all three branches of the federal government to protect our borders against invasion. The constant influx of millions of illegal immigrants into this country every year IS an INVASION, and it makes no difference if they come in legally and then overstay their visas or if they sneak in across our borders, they are hear illegally and are therefore invaders, and our government is derelict in their constitutional duty to protect and defend our borders. This is a VIOLATION of the Constitution.

Neither Congress nor the Supreme Court stood fast against any of these constitutional transgression. American citizens today, seem to be ignorant of the fact that the Constitution is incapable of enforcing itself. That task ultimately rests with the citizenry. There is no constitutional police force that deters potential offenders and brings perpetrators to book. The primary "check" of the citizenry on the unconstitutional conduct of government officials is, of course, the electoral process. But that check is both blunt and attenuated. Moreover, between elections people can lose their liberty, their businesses, and their personal possessions in a short period of time. If the American people demand adherence to the Constitution, government officials, including Presidents, will respect the limitations that were wisely placed on their power.

Contrary to what people have been taught in our public school system and through the MSM, the Supreme Court holds no monopoly on constitutional matters. The Framers of the Constitution created three separate and equal branches of government. Each branch was expected to "check" the others on the basis of its own understanding of the Constitution. Supreme Court justices are obligated, of course, to void unconstitutional laws and to issue writs of habeas corpus to free illegally detained prisoners (The Supreme Court justices have failed in this big time). Similarly, legislators are obligated to vote against unconstitutional bills, repeal unconstitutional laws, and scrutinize judicial nominees for the federal bench. And the president is obligated to veto unconstitutional bills, refrain from executing unconstitutional laws signed by previous presidents, and nominate judicial candidates who are committed to the Constitution.

In his first inaugural address, Grover Cleveland observed that if the American people wanted to preserve the Constitution, they had an obligation to keep a close watch on government officials and constantly remind them of their constitutional responsibilities.

I could go on and on naming one area after another where Presidents, senators, representatives, judges and others have violated the Constitution, but suffice it to say that there many other areas where the Constitution and the Oath of Office has been violated big time.

When we, the American citizens fail to speak out or stand up to these abuses of power and failure to uphold the Constitution, we have made ourselves LESS FREE.

Next week, I am going to delve into the legal system and how even that has been perverted, but before then, I am going to run a small test. Below, you will see several pictures of the flag. For those of you who leave comments, I would like for you, in your comment, to tell me how many flags of the United States there are in the picture. I will let you know the correct answer when I respond to your comments. Then in next weeks posting, I will explain why the correct answer is CORRECT.








“Abouna” Gregori