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"Sovereign" - The
Forgotten Entity by Ed Lewis "Interpretation of rights does not require legislators, attorneys,
courts, judges, or any other combination of officials in positions of power,
real or imagined. It requires only the individual’s ability to read (or to
interpret what is read to them), the below mentioned documents, knowledge of the
common, everyday meanings of the words used in the documents and, most important
of all, common sense as to what feels and is RIGHT, the basis of all common law
in our relations with other men with whom we share this Earth." As many hundreds of hours have been spent in studying government, including
the political nature and raping of this nation of people by those in government,
the misleading reports of mainstream media, the rapidly developing one world
government, and what is lawful verses what is legal, the inevitable has been
reached - that the majority of the American people do not have even a
rudimentary understanding of what our founders accomplished with the
Constitution of the united States. They know not of its power in assuring (intended, anyway) the rights of Man
secured in this nation of States. But those enemies of freedom of Man do know.
They know this document was written so that any average person can read it and
understand its meaning. But, because most people do not read it, the meaning has
been thoroughly distorted by government, by so-called experts reading what isn’t
there, attorneys, the general public relying on hearsay, and education systems
designed to support whatever the government deems important. The government has
bought learning institutions, many experts, sources in the media, and attorneys
using unlawful, coerced taxes fraudulently taken from the citizens of the united
States of America. A brief look at the Preamble reveals the Constitution as a document of the
people, not a federal document. It sickens me each and every time I hear it
called a "federal document" as if the federal government created it.
It begins "We, the People", not "The Federal Government agrees to
the below" or some other statement to that effect. This simple but complete
phrase declares the Constitution as an agreement between the people to "form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic
Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and
secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and
establish this Constitution for the United States of America." Now, tell me, Good Folks, exactly in what part of this is it declared to be a
federal document? Such a phrase doesn’t exist. What does exist is exactly what
is stated, that the people are agreeing through the Constitution to form a union
of States, the united States of America, which will establish Justice, assure
domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote general Welfare (a
sense of well-being, not benefits paid out), and secure the Blessings of Liberty
to ourselves, the People of this nation. In order to meet these ends, the People AGREE to establish a federal
government. And, what is the job of the federal government? Understanding that
the few can be easily corrupted, the framers set down exactly what the functions
of the Federal government are and did - not - leave - any - "lawful" -
loopholes. (All alleged loopholes have been created through subversive tactics,
primarily by government and its experts who either want to help tyranny to
develop or because these "experts" want to cause others to think they
have a great mind. Or, then again, maybe just because they don’t know what the
hell they are talking about.) In Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 it is stated that a ten (10) mile square
district would be established that would be the Seat of the Government of the
United States, and that it would exercise authority over the district and
"all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State"
in which the purchase was made. This is done only for the "Erection of
Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful Buildings. Land, or
other property, regardless of what has been done, may not be taken or set aside
under federal edict; it must be purchased and sold willingly by the people of
the State or the People of a State can cede (give up) it willingly. Thus, it is clear the district so ordered in Clause 17, the District of
Columbia, is not part of any State of the Union and, therefore, is not a part of
the united States of America. It is in reality a foreign location housing the
government. It is NOT owned by any State or all the States, nor by the People.
The only binder keeping it in existence is the Constitution of the united States
of America, or, in other words, the will of the People. Its authority, so far,
is only over this district. Next, reading Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, we find that the central
government established has the power to "make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into
Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by this
constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or
Officer thereof." In other words, it may make any law necessary and proper for carrying out
Clauses 1 through 17 of Article I, Section 8., and any law it wishes concerning
the District, any department of the federal government in the district, and any
officer of the federal government. But, this authority and the department’s
authority, or the officer’s authority, only extends to federal enclaves
including as in Article IV, Section 3., Clause 2 which gives the federal
government the authority to make any rules and so on in Territories and other
properties owned by the United States but not in any State. Just for example of the reading ease of the Constitution, Clause 16 states
that the Government of the United States has the function "To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and
for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the
United States reserving to the States respectively, the ..." In addition to the intent of this clause, we once again see the United States
is not the States. We also see that the ONLY militia the Government of the
United States has control over is that part which is employed in the Service of
the Government of the United States. Thus, the federal government hasn’t any power to control any of the militia
except what is directly in the employ of the federal government or, as is
commonly called, THE MILITARY, the United States Marines, the United States
Army, the United State Air Force, the United States Navy, and the United States
Coast Guard. Please get out your copy of the Constitution
and its Amendments which, by
law established in the Constitution (Article V), became part of the Constitution
of the united States of America. Read the other 15 clauses which clearly state
the extremely limited powers of the federal government. Ready? Now answer these questions. 1. In what clause is it stated the Government of the United States has the
power to legislate firearms? 2. In what clause is it stated the Government of the United States has the
power to regulate alcohol and tobacco (or any other drug containing plant, for
that matter)? 3. In what clause is it stated the Government of the United States has the
responsibility for creating legislation directly affecting citizens of the
united States of America, that it has JURISDICTION over the People of the many
States? When you find any clause giving the federal government power to legislate
other than as is set down in this Constitution of We, the People, please send it
to me. I will add it into my copy of the Constitution and inform the federal
government it appears their printer left out the clause. Now, let’s turn to the several States and political subdivisions of the
several States. Not being rancorous, but they haven’t the slightest idea of
the powers given them by the People - at least, not in my experiences over the
past year or so. A wager one could easily win is to bet that the legislatures
and the governing bodies of political subdivisions in the many States believe
Article X of the Amendments gives the States and political subdivisions the
power to make virtually any law wished (plenary or near plenary power) since it
states: "The powers not delegated to the United States (again, verification
the United States in the Constitution is the federal government), nor
prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to
the People." In dealings with various agencies (those stealing our earnings under color of
law through income tax, property tax, fees for exercising freedoms, trespass on
private property by law enforcement, etcetera), one will find that the States
and lower governments ignore this most important phrase - "nor prohibited
by it" and read the amendment as: "The powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution are reserved to the States." Yeah, right,
as if the People are allowing a State government to take the place of the
monarch displaced by the Revolutionary War. Through this misinterpretation and lack of knowledge by citizens, the door to
many thousands of unlawful (unconstitutional) laws is opened. Among these is the
assumed power to lay tax on rights. Every fee paid to government is in reality a
tax on a right unless one owns a federal corporation or is an officer of the
federal government, born a non-citizen, or other characteristic that is defines
the act or process as a "privilege". This includes licensing of vehicles, driver’s licenses, ordering every
person who drives to become a client of the insurance industry, fees for driving
on city streets (city stickers), requiring an unconstitutional tax be paid
(known as property tax which is nothing more than a DIRECT TAX in violation of
the Constitution), laws concerning arms owned by private law abiding citizens,
and so on. Nice convenience for them, a sort of, "Hey, let’s charge people for
this. We are in the government and people believe they must obey anything we
make a law and, since we are in government, we’ll just ignore it - ha,
ha." Sadly, that has been (and is) the case for the majority of people. But, We,
the People, do not have to do what they say in laws that are unconstitutional.
We, the People, can tell them to shove it. We, the People, can even remove them
from office for violating their Oaths
of Office. We, the People, can punish them in any manner we see fit, whether
our form of punishment is in the various codes or not. To continue, Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the
united States of America says quite simply that "The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and
Immunities of the Citizens in the Several States." And, in Section 4 that "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a
Republican Form of Government..." We have come to a source of confusion concerning the rights secured in the
Constitution. People have been taught to believe we are a DEMOCRATIC form of
government, that the majority rules. We are not! Repeat this several times: We are not a democratic form of government. We are a REPUBLICAN form of government and, for Pete’s sake, do not confuse
this with the political party which is little different than the Federalist
Party in the beginning. The difference between these forms of government are as glaringly obvious as
the difference between night and day. In a Democratic form of government, all
legislation is put to the vote and the majority rules. But, our forefathers
intended to protect the rights of the individual, those God given and
self-evident rights secured by the Constitution. They knew in a democratic form
the rights of the individual could be voted away by the majority. Luckily, our forefathers also knew that every democratic society failed. So,
they established this nation as a Republic. In a Republican form of government,
the rights of the individual CANNOT be voted away by the majority. Your
unalienable, self-evident rights are yours and are not affected by what the
majority believes or purports to believe or how it votes. Our form of government
is actually the antithesis of a democracy. The time majority rules is only for electing officials with the exception of
the president of the United States with a few rare exceptions, such as a State
putting to the vote a tax applied equally to ALL citizens of a State, regardless
of age, sex, occupation, property owned, and so on. That is all. The majority
does not rule if even one citizen’s rights are violated. Sorry, you wannabe
Hitlers but that is the fact. The English Bill of
Rights incorporated into the Constitution as the first ten amendments are a
few of the rights of the individual but remember your rights do not have to be
written down specifically. The founders knew this. In order to secure
self-evident rights, common law rights and the like, the 9th Amendment states
simply that: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be
construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." Thus, 100 percent of the rights of the People, whether specified or not, are
retained by the People. Each of us is an individual with those rights intact. We
just happen to live in close proximity to others with the same rights and we as
social creatures must assure we do not violate their rights. After all, being
socialized is nothing more than developing respect for our own rights which
leads to respect for the rights of others. Furthermore, Article VI, Clause 2 states that the Constitution is the "supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound
thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary
notwithstanding." In other words, any State law to the contrary cannot stand against an
individual’s rights. Furthermore, any judge ruling against an individual based on an
unconstitutional law is violating the Constitution and his Oath
of Office and should be prosecuted for doing so. It is, under color of law
and the creation of a Mixed War, an act of treason. Once upon a time, I suspect,
anyone doing so, along with the attorneys distorting what is lawful into the
potential inequity of what is legal, would have been taken out and shot or hung.
Treason, after all, is a crime which carries the death penalty. Then, in Clause 3, it orders that: "...all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and
of the several States, shall be bound by Oath
or Affirmation, to support this Constitution;...(then prohibits any religious
test as a qualification)." This gives the people the power to rid ourselves of any official who does not
defend our rights. We can nullify them and possibly even convict for treason.
(Before you go on a rampage about what is or isn’t treason, study Mixed War
produced when officials act "under color of law" or email me and I
will be happy to send you applicable documentation. It is too lengthy for this
article.) In regards to the fight to protect the 2nd Amendment, who has the authority
to do away with it or make any law affecting the right of any citizen to protect
his own life? Can the Supreme Court of the United States rule against this
unalienable right? Can the Supreme Court of any State rule against this
unalienable right? Can any lower court of any State or political subdivision
lawfully rule against this unalienable right? In other words, who is Supreme
concerning not only this right, but all rights? In answering this, we must remember that The People created the federal
government. The People created State governments. The People created political
subdivisions of States. The People created ALL government. The top priority of
any level of these created governing bodies is one and the same for all the
levels, from the Government of the United States down to the lowest agency or
department in the tiniest of political subdivisions. Government is established BY THE PEOPLE TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF
THE INDIVIDUAL, not to make any legislation affecting those rights. What is
lawful has long been accepted by the People in the Constitution of the united
States of America, the Declaration of Independence, the 1688 Bill of Rights,
Mosaic Law, and American Jurisprudence which together secure all unalienable,
self-evident rights of all Mankind. Where rights are concerned, no man (or organization made up of men) may
legislate, vote away the rights, or prevent any person from exercising his
rights. Crimes and punishments may be defined, but exercising a right that does
not interfere with the rights of others cannot be made into a crime nor can it
be legislated. Thus, we find with close scrutiny based on the language in the above
documents and/or compiling of common law that: 1. The United States may not make any law affecting any citizen of the
united States of America’s rights secured by the Constitution, including
unalienable and all other self-evident rights. 2. The many States making up the Union may not make any law in violation of
the Constitution which affects the rights of the individual citizen. In every
State’s Constitution, it is stipulated that the State accepts the
Constitution in its entirety and will defend it, and it is stated in the
Constitution of the united States of America they must do the same. Not only
that, but each and every official regardless of government level must take and
subscribe an Oath to do
the same. If they do not, their position is vacated and filled with a person
that will take and subscribe the oath. 3. No political subdivision may make any law in violation of the rights of
the individual. Come on, People, if you have never thought about it before,
think about this - What right does some local citizen voted into a city office
have to tell you which of your rights you can exercise? Or the power to
prohibit you from exercising certain rights? Or to control your privacy and
property? (Shoot, ask this in regards to any official or groups made up of
officials.) In addition to these summarized statements, the power to determine whether
any law is valid or not, rests solely with the people, not the courts. Only
individuals may interpret what is lawful; this is why we have juries. Plus, if
two or more citizens read a law and do not interpret it the same, the law should
be made null and void for vagueness (at least according to the Supreme Court and
rules of statute construction which state that a law must say what it means and
mean what it says or else it is null and void). What this means to we who defend the Constitution and the 2nd Amendment is
that all 20,000 or more laws concerning arms are null and void because of being
unconstitutional (excepting those applied only to felony criminals). The only
goal organizations such as the NRA should have is the removal of all laws
established unconstitutionally under color of law being applied to the right of
law abiding citizens to keep and bear arms. Contrary to those who would thwart our Constitution, We, the People, are the militia
but not in the employ of the United States nor under the jurisdiction of the
United States. We are the militia but not under the control of any State or
political subdivision. Let us not continue allowing communistic-thinking
legislators, judges, ignorant-of-common-law attorneys along with misguided
organizations that ignore facts and the like, to make or affect laws
circumventing these facts and all rights of Man. Let the pseudo-powers that are destroying this nation, and our independence,
hear us roar with the indignation of having God-given rights as living, human
beings, removed by contemptible corrupted beings who will prove one day to be
the lowest of the low, the evil that could conceivably destroy most of Mankind.
We have the power to relieve ourselves of these un-American tyrants, whether
they be in government or hiding anonymously (as all crooks do) behind government
in the back alleys darkened by deceit and subversive tactics. We each are SOVEREIGN and, as a group of sovereigns, we have dominion. We
must remember this fact. What we have created with the stroke of a pen, we can
wipe-out with the stroke of a pen. Only "We, the People, in Order to form a
more perfect Union" have that awesome power. Ed Lewis is a Featured Writer with KeepAndBearArms.com. Mr. Lewis' archive
can be found at http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com/Lewis. |
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