Activist Sued by Local Government for Open Records Request on Surveillance

By Michael Maharrey

I recently appeared on InfoWars Real News with David Knight to talk about the lawsuit the city of Lexington, Ky., filed against me over an open records requests.

To open the interview, I explain exactly why the city sued me. One of the highlights of the segment was when I pulled out a copy of a redacted document that police did turn over to me. It perfectly illustrated just how much the government tries to hide from the people it supposedly “works for.”

After we discussed the lawsuit and We See You Watching Lexington’s goal of ensuring the city operates all of its surveillance programs with oversight and transparency, the conversation shifted to a more general discussion about privacy and government spying. I emphasized that the distinction between local and federal law enforcement has become blurred almost to the point of non-existence and talked about how addressing surveillance at the local level also has a major impact on federal spying.

What we always say at the Tenth Amendment Center is if there is no data, then it can’t get dumped into a system. So, if you can limit data collection at the local and state level, that keeps it from getting dumped into the federal databases and it inhibits the surveillance state. So, it;’s extremely important, not just here in Lexington, Kentucky, but in Frankfort, Kentucky, and Washington D.C. and across the nation.

Michael Maharrey [send him email] is the Communications Director for the Tenth Amendment Center, where this first appeared. He proudly resides in the original home of the Principles of ’98 – Kentucky. See his blog archive here and his article archive here. He is the author of the book, Our Last Hope: Rediscovering the Lost Path to Liberty. You can visit his personal website at MichaelMaharrey.com and like him on Facebook HERE

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15 Comments on "Activist Sued by Local Government for Open Records Request on Surveillance"

  1. Time to ban the government.

    • Agreed! And it’s actually feasible considering we have no federal government anymore, it was dissolved when we reached bankruptcy in 1933, and no new government was founded. What happened was, after all government offices, officers and departments were dissolved they regrouped and hid behind a false cover, a creature of the mind, fictitious (not real so no real authority) corporation. Same people who put us in bankruptcy regrouped and took control again without consent of the population, consent being a prerequisite of any corporation before it can act. The fraud is easily proven with their own words.

      So there is no real government anymore, there is only the massive fraud of a foreign corporation masquerading as it. I can’t help but believe that if this truth ever went mainstream, we’d actually have a shot at removing them considering we outnumber them about 100,000 to one. This is how we force their words (via case law, treaties, and congressional record like those below) to come back to haunt them.`

      “It is an established fact that the United States Federal Government has been dissolved by the Emergency Banking Act [Social Security Act], March 9, 1933, 48 Stat. 1, Public Law 89-719; declared by President Roosevelt, being bankrupt and insolvent.” H.J.R. 192, 73rd Congress in session, June 5, 1933.

      Joint Resolution to Suspend the Gold Standard and Abrogate. “The Gold Clause dissolved the Sovereign Authority of the United States and the official capacities of all United States Governmental Offices, Officers, and Departments, and is further evidence that the United States Federal Government exists today in name only.” United States Congressional Record, March 17, 1933 Vol. 33.”

      • That was totally awesome. This is an infowar and we’re kicking the crap out of the evil doers. Creating the internet was the biggest mistake they ever made.

        • Totally! It was a huge mistake, and they’re scrambling now to try to cover their lying, corrupt, fraudulent, filthy collective ass (pardon). But even if the internet scrubs the truth in law, treaties and congressional record, enough of us have hard copies. The truth always prevails.

      • “… it was dissolved when we reached bankruptcy in 1933, and no new government was founded.”
        “”It is an established fact that the United States Federal Government has been dissolved by the Emergency Banking Act [Social Security Act], March 9, 1933, 48 Stat. 1, Public Law 89-719; declared by President Roosevelt, being bankrupt and insolvent.” H.J.R. 192, 73rd Congress in session, June 5, 1933.”

        Guess what, you need to read the US Constitution and the framers, forefathers writings, plus your own state’s Constitution, cousin.

        The actions of Domestic enemies or traitors cannot “dissolve” our nation. Our nation can only be “dissolved” by “We the People of the united States”. But at this time we are still a constitutional republic. The compact between the states is the SUPREME contract of all who serve within our governments – state and federal. It is the very first item on their worklist that they are REQUIRED to “support and defend”. When they do not, it is the first felony and a few other crimes. The second felony and Perjury comes from those who serve within the federal and state governments either do not take (and it is required of all who serve within our governments at every level) or KEEP the Oath, also along with some other crimes from that action.

        First you must understand that there is NO person who serves within our governments – state and federal – that have any power or authority of their own, they are ALLOWED to use the authority of the branch and/or position/office they occupy. They do NOT have that power coming into office/position, nor do they have it when they leave – elected, hired, contracted, etc. The US Constitution assigns the powers to the different governments, to the different branches within our government, and to specific named offices within a branch. The people who then occupy those positions are required by the supreme contract to do those duties as written ONLY, to take and to KEEP the Oath.

        They cannot loan, give, trade, etc that authority as it is NOT theirs, they only are ALLOWED to use it for as long as they do the duties as assigned in writing, take and KEEP the Oath. (Think Fast Track. Nothing that was/is fast tracked or created by those other then the positions assigned that authority is LAWFUL and binding on the American people. It is only implemented by unlawful force that makes those that follow those orders, do those jobs *Terrorists.

        *28 C.F.R. Section 0.85 Terrorism is defined as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives”.

        But who is charged with enforcing the US Constitution, each state’s Constitution, enforcing the laws, etc by the US Constitution? Each state’s Militia is made up of “We the People” protecting our own interests, homes, states, nation, and enforcing our governments. The Militia has as its constitutionally assigned duties to:
        — Enforce the US Constitution (supreme Law of this nation) and each state’s Constitution (highest Law of the state which is why when during elections amendments are presented one must read them carefully because those who serve within our governments always give themselves more power and amendments are more difficult to get rid of),
        — Enforce and keep the “Laws of the Union” (which are constitutional laws ONLY),
        — Protect the country against all enemies both domestic and foreign, and
        — “to suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions”.

        “”The Gold Clause dissolved the Sovereign Authority of the United States and the official capacities of all United States Governmental Offices, Officers, and Departments, and is further evidence that the United States Federal Government exists today in name only.” United States Congressional Record, March 17, 1933 Vol. 33.””

        No, all it did was show everyone who the traitors to our nation was/is (as it has not been repealed as is required of all who replace those who serve within our governments that do not remove unConstitutional “items” are then personally responsible as if they had created them.

        What does that mean? Take the federal reserve, NO ONE who serves within our governments were given any authority to make that deal, and it matters not what pressures were involved. Those who serve within the legislative branch are REQUIRED to see that all money that the people use is backed by silver and gold, PERIOD. That means that the federal reserve is an unlawful not governmental agency that has been working against our nation from within with the assistance of those who served within our governments then, and those who serve today.

        Why? Because their very first duty when they take office is to see to it that everything is “in Pursuance thereof” the US Constitution. They are so sworn to do so. So all the funding of foreign nations, etc are Misappropriation of funds which makes everyone still living that served within our government PERSONALLY responsible for those funds – everything they have can be LAWFULLY taken to replace what they stole and used without the lawful authority to do so. They can and should be charged with the crimes they committed against the American people and this nation. They all need to be replaced. That IS OUR duty to do so.

        James Madison: “If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.” He knew that there was always a possibility that: “men of factious tempers, of local prejudices, or of sinister designs, may, by intrigue, by corruption, or by other means, first obtain the [votes], and then betray the interests, of the people” so he recommended that the people always watch those that serve within our governments closely and hold them accountable for their actions.

        That goes for ALL – military and civil – who serve within our government and take the required Oath. Their first duty before following the orders of superiors (if any), before doing the duties of the position they occupy, they are REQUIRED in writing and Oath bound to “Support and Defend” the US Constituton from domestic enemies as much as foreign ones. One recognizes a domestic enemy when they work against the US Constitution, a VERY SHORT document that, like all contracts, means every single word written within it as it was understood to mean at the time of its creation so it is easy to recognize that occasion.

        James Wilson: “I leave it to every gentleman to say whether the enumerated powers are not as accurately and MINUTELY DEFINED, as can be well done on the same subject, in the same language…nor does it, in any degree, go beyond the particular enumeration; for, when it is said that Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper, those words are LIMITED AND DEFINED by the following, “for carrying into execution the foregoing powers”, it is saying no more than that the powers we have already particularly given (enumerated), shall be effectually carried into execution.”

        Daniel Webster: “We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land – nor, perhaps, the sun or stars. But there is a chart and a compass for us to study, to consult, and to obey. That chart is the Constitution.”

        Daniel Webster: “Is the Constitution worth preserving?” He said, “Then guard it as you would the very seat of your life. Guard it not only against the open blows of violence but also against that spirit of change.”

        During the ratification debates, Archibald Maclaine of North Carolina not only said that we “should disregard” unconstitutional acts, but that we should “punish them for the attempt.”

        Patrick Henry, Virginia Convention, 1788: “You are not to inquire how your trade may be increased, nor how you are to become a great and powerful people, but how your liberties can be secured; for liberty ought to be the direct end of your government.” (as quoted by Thomas M. Moneure, Jr., in “Virginia’s Great Dissenters”, printed in the March, 1999, issue of American Guardian, pp 38-40)

        • Sorry, you’re wrong, you’re not seeing the truth, you’re writing what we’ve all thought was true, but isn’t. The truth is, you cannot use the US Constitution to defend yourself because you are not a party to it. “No private person has a right to complain by suit in court on the ground of a breach of the United States constitution; for, though the constitution is a compact, he is not a party to it.” Padelford Fay & Co v. The Mayor and Alderman of the City of Savannah 14, Georgia 438, 520.

          A compact is an agreement between two nations, not between a nation and its people. The Constitution is a treaty between Britain and the US, not the US and its people. And by the way, “The People” does not include you and me. Barron v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore 32 US 243.

          • No, the courts do NOT define the US Constitution, they are requried to follow it. That is one of the great lies and let me show you why.

            The people created the state governments to be their representative dealing with certain things. When the US Constitution was made that created the USA it was the same people’s representatives within each state that met, just as today each state’s federal representatives represent the people of the WHOLE state. Without people there is NO STATE or government, both are the creation of the people.

            Who does the US Constitution assign to enforce the US Constitution (supreme Law of this nation) and each state’s Constitution (highest Law of the state)? The Militias of the several states. Who are the Militias?

            Richard Henry Lee: “Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them; nor does it follow from this, that all promiscuously must go into actual service on every occasion. The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by a truly anti-republican principle; and when we see many men disposed to practice upon it, whenever they can prevail, no wonder true republicans are for carefully guarding against it.” (1788, Initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights)

            George Washington: “It may be laid down, as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every citizen who enjoys the protection of a free government…, but even of his personal services to the defence of it, and consequently that the Citizens of America (with a few legal and official exceptions) from 18 to 50 Years of Age should be borne on the Militia Rolls, provided with uniform Arms, and so far accustomed to the use of them, that the Total strength of the Country might be called forth at Short Notice on any very interesting Emergency.” (“Sentiments on a Peace Establishment”, letter to Alexander Hamilton; “The Writings of George Washington”)

            George Washington: “A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.”

            Cockrum v. State, 24 Tex. 394, at 401-402 (1859): “The right of a citizen to bear arms, in lawful defense of himself or the State, is absolute. He does not derive it from the State government. It is one of the “high powers” delegated directly to the
            citizen, and `is excepted out of the general powers of government.’ A law cannot be passed to infringe upon or impair it, because it is above the law, and independent of the lawmaking power.”

            Consider that if a “high power” delegated directly to the citizen, and that citizens power is “excepted out of the general powers of government” how can a person not be a party to it if they are not only bound by what is in that contract, but also have many powers that is above and excepted out of the power of any who serve within our governments? If we are bound by those contracts to follow them WHEN they are being implemented by those who serve within our governments, how can we not “be a party” to them? WE are on both sides of the contracts – state and federal.

            Then adding to that is the powers and duties the US Constitution charges ONLY the people with and to do;
            — Militia – enforcing the US Constitution, state Constitutions, and the Laws of the land (every time the word “law” is spelled with a capital “A” it refers to constitutional Law as it is written within the US Constitution), etc. A constitutional protected and required tool made up of the people.
            — *Grand Jury – people’s tool
            — *Grand Jury Investigations – people’s tool
            — Juries – people’s tool and ONLY the people can decide if a judge is using the constitutionally required “good Behaviour”; if a law being used is right and should be used, or if it should be used in this particular case; guilt or innocence.
            — Elections – people’s tool and voice

            “What is a constitution? It is the form of government, delineated by the mighty hand of the people, in which certain first principles of fundamental laws are established.” Van Horne v. Dorrance, 2 Dall. 304.

            “A constitution is designated as a supreme enactment, a fundamental act of legislation by the people of the state. A constitution is legislation direct from the people acting in their sovereign capacity, while a statute is legislation from their representatives, subject to limitations prescribed by the superior authority.”
            Ellingham v. Dye, 231 U. S. 250.

            “The basic purpose of a written constitution has a two-fold aspect, first securing [not granting] to the people of certain unchangeable rights and remedies, and second, the curtailment of unrestricted governmental activity within certain defined spheres.”
            Du Pont v. Du Pont, 85 A 724.

            Cooley, The General Principles of Constitutional Law, 3rd. ed. (1898), pp. 386-387. (Little & Brown Co.).: “In the construction of these instruments the following rules are actually observed:
            1. The practical construction must be uniform. A constitution does not mean one thing at one time and another at some subsequent time.
            2. The object of construction is to give effect to the intent of the people in establishing the Constitution; it is the intent of the law giver that is to be enforced. But the intent is to be found in the instrument itself. . .”

            Tenth Amendment: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, ARE RESERVED to the states respectively, OR TO THE PEOPLE.”

            Says that the people RETAINED much of their authority, all of it that is not found delegated within the US Constitution or within a state’s Constitution still belongs LAWFULLY to the people themselves.

            TMM https://thementalmilitia.net/2015/12/05/the-clue-in-the-two-letter-word/

            “Looking at the last phrase in that Amendment we note that it says “…or to the people.” It could have been worded: “…and to the people” instead of being worded: “…or to the people”. Some people in America today think that it should have been “and”. I generally refer to such people as “statists”. We will look at their view of that Amendment, below, but first let us look at the Constitutionalist’s view.

            While not being very apparent, the choice of the word “or” as the proper word for that place in the wording of the Amendment is hugely indicative of the ultimate source of sovereignty. On this earth, the truest source of sovereignty would be, of course, “We The People”.

            The individual is the source of all sovereignty, and he was granted that sovereignty by Nature or by Nature’s God. The Constitution is built around that fact, and supports that fact. In truth, as we learn by studying the writings of Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., the Constitution in its entirety is designed specifically to protect that fact in the
            application of governance as willed and written by the People.

            The hierarchy of sovereignty in our American experience would list in proper order:
            1. The individual self; and,
            2. The State in which that self lives and to which that self extends a portion of its original sovereignty; and,
            3. The Union of the several States with its delegated and granted powers, duties and disabilities, which function, as we commonly term the infrastructure, as the “Three Branches” of federal government.

            The individual is properly placed above the respective State governments, and the State governments are properly placed above certain spheres of the General government in WDC.

            There are, as Justice Scalia noted in the majority opinion on Mack/Printz v USA (1997), areas within the States into which the General government may not properly intrude or incur, and there are areas in the General government into which the States may not intrude or incur.” (end TMM quote)

            “The perpetuity and indissolubility of the Union by no means implies the loss of distinct and individual existence, of the right of self-government by the States. Under the Articles of Confederation each State retained its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right not expressly delegated to the United States. Under the Constitution, though the powers of the States were much restricted, still, all powers not delegated to the United States, nor prohibited to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, OR TO THE PEOPLE . . . . Not only, therefore, can there be no loss of separate and independent autonomy to the States, through their union under the Constitution, but it may be not unreasonably said that the preservation of the States, and the maintenance of their governments, are as much within the design and care of the Constitution as the preservation of the
            Union and the maintenance of the national government. The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States.” Texas v. White (1868), 7 Wall. (U.S.) 700. (caps mine)

            John Adams: “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right… and a desire to know; but besides this, they have a right, and indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean of the characters and conduct of their rulers.” (from A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law (1765))

            James Madison: “Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, that alone is a just government, which
            impartially secures to every man, whatever is his own.”

            *Grand Jury – “The grand jury is mentioned in the Bill of Rights, but not in the body of the Constitution. It has not been textually assigned, therefore, to any of the branches described in the first three Articles. It is a constitutional fixture in its own right. In fact the whole theory of its function is that it belongs to no branch of the institutional government, serving as a kind of buffer or referee between the Government and the people”.

            “Thus, citizens have the unbridled right to empanel their own grand juries and present “True Bills” of indictment to a court, which is then required to commence a criminal proceeding. Our Founding Fathers presciently thereby created a “buffer” the people may rely upon for justice, when public officials, including judges, criminally violate the law.” (Misbehavior, “Good Behaviour” requirement)

            “The grand jury is an institution separate from the courts, over whose functioning the courts do not preside, we think it clear that, as a general matter at least, no such “supervisory” judicial authority exists. The “common law” of the Fifth Amendment demands a traditional functioning grand jury.”

            “Although the grand jury normally operates, of course, in the courthouse and under judicial auspices, its institutional relationship with the judicial branch has traditionally been, so to speak, at arm’s length. Judges’ direct involvement in the functioning of the grand jury has generally been confined to the constitutive one of calling the grand jurors together and administering their oaths of office. The grand jury’s functional independence from the judicial branch is evident both in the scope of its power to investigate criminal wrongdoing, and in the manner in which that power is exercised.”

            “The grand jury ‘can investigate merely on suspicion that the law is being violated, or even because it wants assurance that it is not.’ It need not identify the offender it suspects, or even “the precise nature of the offense” it is investigating. The grand jury requires no authorization from its constituting court to initiate an investigation, nor does the prosecutor require leave of court to seek a grand jury indictment. And in its day-to-day functioning, the grand jury generally operates without the interference of a presiding judge. It swears in its own witnesses and deliberates in total secrecy.”

            “Recognizing this tradition of independence, we have said the 5th Amendment’s
            constitutional guarantee presupposes an investigative body ‘acting independently of either prosecuting attorney or judge”.

            “Given the grand jury’s operational separateness from its constituting court, it should come as no surprise that we have been reluctant to invoke the judicial supervisory power as a basis for prescribing modes of grand jury procedure. Over the years, we have received many requests to exercise supervision over the grand jury’s
            evidence-taking process, but we have refused them all. “it would run counter to the whole history of the grand jury institution” to permit an indictment to be challenged “on the ground that there was incompetent or inadequate evidence before the grand jury.” (Nor would it be lawful of them to do so.) Justice Antonin Scalia writing for the majority said In the Supreme Court case of United States v. Williams, 112 S.Ct. 1735, 504 U.S. 36, 118 L.Ed.2d 352 (1992) (end Grand Jury quote)

            Hope this helps to clarify things in your own mind, if not, let me know, I literally have pages that will prove this.

          • “A compact is an agreement between two nations, not between a nation and its people”

            I never said it was a compact between a nation and it’s people, I said that the compact between the states was also THE supreme contract for the people who serve within our governments – and it is.

            To be a party to an agreement one must either start the agreement, agree to accept the agreement, or be in the agreement as “We the people…” are. The three branches of the American goverment is “We the People of the united States”, the states, the federal government.

            Add to that the constitutional duties that directly and in writing are the peoples; Militia – we are the REQUIRED arm to ENFORCE the US Constitution and each state’s Constitution, enforce all Laws that are in Pursuance thereof the US Constitution, stop invasions, etc.

            If you are saying that the representatives for the people CANNOT represent us, then neither can lawyers/attorneys, ombudsmen, conservators, etc, etc, etc.

            Add to that the Bill of Rights which specifically lists things that the PEOPLE delegated, those things that are NOT delegated, those things that have specific strings attached to the partial delegation of powers.

            Judges make OPINIONS, not LAW. They are many times discovered to be mistaken in their opinion.

            “The Constitution was ordained and established by the people of the United States for themselves, for their own government, and not for the government of individual States. Each State established a constitution for itself, and in that constitution
            provided such limitations and restrictions on the powers of its particular government as its judgment dictated.”

            This is incorrect in its implication. We the people have two different governments, each with different specific duties and authority; plus we retained authority. The US Constitution and each state’s Constitution defines what those who SERVE WITHIN our governments may do, are not allowed to do, can do under certain conditions, if their authority is mostly dealing with foreign affairs or domestic affairs, etc.

            The 1783 Treaty of Paris, which ended our war with Great Britain, held that each state was a sovereign nation. As such, each feared giving up its rights to a powerful central government. Anti-federalists wanted some sort of guarantee that states would remain sovereign and that the power of THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD BE LIMITED AND IT WOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS A CREATION OF, AN AGENT OF AND A SERVANT OF THE STATES. Each state together delegated the same powers to the federal government such as immigration, treaties, creating postal roads, etc.

            Here is a list of the powers delegated to the federal government from the states from Publius Huldah: “In a nutshell, our Constitution authorizes the federal government to handle the following objects for the Country at Large:
            — Military defense, international commerce & relations;
            — Control immigration & naturalization of new citizens;
            — Domestically, to create a uniform commercial system: weights & measures, patents & copyrights, money based on gold & silver, bankruptcy laws, mail delivery & some road building; and
            — With some of the amendments, secure certain civil rights.
            —– As stated in the 10th Amendment, all others powers are reserved by the States OR The People….

            I believe that the people whose quotes are listed below concerning our governments and the people must be correct as they were there, some wrote it, etc.

            St. George Tucker: “The Federal Government is the creature of the States. It is not a party to the Constitution, but the result of it – the creation of that agreement which was made by the States as parties. It is a mere agent, entrusted with limited powers for certain objects; which powers and objects are enumerated in the Constitution. Shall the agent be permitted to judge of the extent of his own powers, without
            reference to his constituent?” (Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court, in his edition of ‘Blackstone’s Commentaries On The Law'(1803))

            Thomas Jefferson: “The several States composing, the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that, by a compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States, and of amendments thereto, they constituted a general government for special purposes – delegated to that government certain definite powers, reserving, each State to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self-government; and
            that whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force: that to this compact each State acceded as a State, and is an integral part, its co-States forming, as to itself, the other party: that the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among powers having no common judge, each party (the
            people) has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the
            mode and measure of redress.”

            James Madison, the “Father of the Constitution”: “The States then being the parties to the constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows of necessity, that there can be no tribunal above their authority, to decide in the last resort,
            whether the compact made by them be violated; and consequently that as the parties to it, they must themselves decide in the last resort, such questions as may be of sufficient magnitude to require their interposition.”

            Thomas Jefferson: “I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, And if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power.”

            George Washington: “The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.”

            James Madison, Federalist 46: “… the ultimate authority … resides in the people alone”.

          • Grace by Faith | October 12, 2017 at 6:43 pm |

            You missed the boat entirely again. I can show you, even using your own erroneous beliefs about the Constitution, that it still doesn’t protect you. In 1871 when we were incorporated and 1933 when the federal government was dissolved due to bankrupcy and insolvency, we were put under a state of emergency; we were put under martial law rule wherein the Constitution is and remains suspended.

            Before I post proof we’re under martial law rule, I’d like to inform you that lawyers may only represent infants, wards of the court (which you become the second you hire a lawyer), and persons of unsound mind, or imbeciles. So which are you? Also, lawyers are not licensed by any state, they are only registered with their trade union, which happens to be foreign (BAR association). They lied about that, too.

            “As we have said, the Federal Personal Income Tax is collected under a military venue within a martial law jurisdiction. Federal Reserve Notes are Military Scrip circulated in a Military Venue. The problem is the people don’t understand how the entire United States is in a Military Venue. … Under the Social Security Act [1933] there was brought into existence Ten Federal Regional Areas. These Ten Federal Regional Areas [sounds a lot like FEMA regions, yes? That’s because they ARE the FEMA regions and they’ve been around nearly 100 years] are the same as a military base [gold fringe around the flag]. It is not unconstitutional to circulate “military scrip” on a military base as the base is considered to be a military venue.

            “Military Scrip” cannot circulate in the civil jurisdiction of the United States. To get around this Constitutional bar the Congress created Ten Military Venues called Federal Regional Areas. The problem the Congress realized was, while Congress could restructure the Government agencies into these Federal Regional Areas, the people could not be identified to be [see: jurisdiction, they tricked us into it!] within this Military Venue but by their own consent [a commercial contract]. Dyett v. Turner, 439 P2d 266 @ 269, 20 U2d 403 (*1968*) The Non-Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment by Judge A.H. Ellett, Utah Supreme Court.

            The solution was to create another Military Venue which would trick the people to voluntarily accept recognition that they are within a Military Venue. Congress solved this problem by creating the ZIP CODE.
            The “zip code” divides the United States into Ten Military Venues called “National Areas.” When a Citizen receives mail from an agency of the federal government (such as the I.R.S.), in the return address of the federal agency is the district within the regional area the letter is sent from, and on the address of the”Citizen” it was sent to is the national area [ZIP] in which he received the correspondence from the I.R.S.. In other words, the correspondence was sent from one of the federal regional areas [military venue] to one of the National Areas [another military venue]. “Taxing Districts” are established within one of the Federal Regional Areas, which places the collection of taxes under a martial law jurisdiction.
            Military commanders can set up “taxing districts” in an occupied region. Int he United States, the President (who is the Commander in Chief of the Military) has been authorized to set up Internal Revenue Taxing Districts, ever since the Civil War. [see 26 U.S.C. § 7621].

          • Just because some traitorous Bean counters colluded with the International Bankster Gangsters to put us into “bankruptcy” doesn’t mean squat. FRAUD VITIATES EVERYTHING AND THERE IS NO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. And we have 300,000,000 firearms and the Second Ammendment to say that you are full of it. In a frickin heartbeat we can confiscate ALL the property of the Vatican in these here States of the Union which would go a long way in resolving any “debt” you think we have. And WE THE PEOPLE can drain the swamp in DC, and confiscate any wealth or property the City of London has purloined from WE THE PEOPLE thru their fraudulent Federal Reserve Bank and their Infernal Revenue Service. So don’t go climbing too damn high on that wall of wishful thinking, or you might find yourself a little like Humpty Dumpty. We now know that in our ignorance we have been taken advantage of, but the GREAT RECKONING may just be around the corner.

          • “we were put under a state of emergency; we were put under martial law rule wherein the Constitution is and remains suspended.”

            There is NO Lawful “martial law” or “emergency powers” here in the USA for your information.

            “The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government. Such a doctrine leads directly to anarchy or despotism.” The Supreme Court of the United States, 1866

            “Emergency does not create power. Emergency does not increase granted power or remove or diminish the restrictions upon power granted or reserved. The Constitution was adopted in a period of grave emergency. Its grants of power to the Federal Government and its limitations of the power of the States were determined in the light of emergency and they are not altered by emergency.” Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell, 290 U.S. 398, 425 (1934)

            Those are “powers” that come with dictators, etc not here. That does not preclude traitors and domestic enemies “implementing” those things UNLAWFULLY as an action against our legitimate government and against the American people.

            “Sovereignty itself is, of course, not subject to law, for it is the author and source of law; but in our system, while sovereign powers are delegated to the agencies of government, sovereignty itself remains with the people, by whom and for whom all government exists and acts.” Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356

            Those who serve wtihin our governments get the only Lawful authority they have from the US Constitution.

            “A constitution is designated as a supreme enactment, a fundamental act of legislation by the people of the state. A constitution is legislation direct from the people acting in their sovereign capacity, while a statute is legislation from their representatives, subject to limitations prescribed by the superior authority.”
            Ellingham v. Dye, 231 U. S. 250.

            “The basic purpose of a written constitution has a two-fold aspect, first securing [not granting] to the people of certain unchangeable rights and remedies, and second, the curtailment of unrestricted governmental activity within certain defined spheres.” Du Pont v. Du Pont, 85 A 724.

            “The constitution of a state is stable and permanent, not to be worked upon the temper of the times, not to rise and fall with the tide of events. Notwithstanding the competition of opposing interests, and the violence of contending parties, it remains firm and immoveable, as a mountain amidst the strife and storms, or a rock in the ocean amidst the raging of the waves.” Vanhorne v. Dorrance, supra.

            Dr. Edwin Vieira: “This has nothing to do with personalities or subjective ideas. It’s a matter of what the Constitution provides… The government of the United States has never violated anyone’s constitutional rights… The government of the United States will never violate anyone constitutional rights, because it cannot violate anyone’s constitutional rights.
            The reason for that is: The government of the United States is that set of actions by public officials that are consistent with the Constitution. Outside of its constitutional powers, the government of the United States has no legitimacy. It has no authority; and, it really even has no existence. It is what lawyers call a legal fiction.

            .. the famous case Norton v. ShelbyCounty… The Court said: “An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties. It is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed.” And that applies to any (and all) governmental action outside of the Constitution…”
            What are the defining characteristics of a limited government? They are its disabilities; what it does not have legal authority to do. Look at the First Amendment… What does it do? It guarantees freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion. But how does it do that? I quote: “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press” etcetera.
            “Congress shall make no law;” that’s a statement of an absence of power. That’s a statement of a disability.”

            It was the judges who gave those who serve within our governments emergency power/martial law though they do NOT themselves have the delegated authority to do so themselves or to give that authority to another branch or office within a branch.

            Basically it matters not if it was the “high brass” of the military (most of the brass are traitors, the rest domestic enemies of the USA. Why? They went far beyond breaking their Oaths – felony and Perjury – or any other person in any position SERVING WITHIN our governments that said those things, that supported those things, etc) All that is working against our legitimate government, they are crimes, actually high crimes. They only are obeyed because the American people have spent DECADES being dumbed down, propagandized, subliminals, etc.

            Bertrand Russell,1953: “… Diet, injections, and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities consider desirable, and any serious criticism of the powers that be will become psychologically impossible…” (“The Impact of Science on Society”, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1953)

            The US Military “BRASS”, along with others serving within our governments, has been/still are, working against our nation, our legitimate government and until we can get this all straightened out not one person serving within any position should follow anything EXCEPT a constitutional order as per their Oath. Do NOT go to invade another nation unless the Congress has declared war.

            John Quincy Adams: “America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She well knows that by enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standards of freedom.”

            James Madison: “The power to declare war, including the power of judging the causes of war, is fully and exclusively vested in the legislature … the executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.”

            George Washington: “The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken
            until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.”

            James Madison: “In time of actual war, great discretionary powers are constantly given to the Executive Magistrate. Constant apprehension of War, has the same tendency to render the head too large for the body. A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people.”

            James Madison: “Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied: and all the means of seducing the minds, are added to those of subduing the force, of the people. The same malignant aspect in republicanism may be traced in the inequality of fortunes, and the opportunities of fraud, growing out of a state of
            war, and in the degeneracy of manners and of morals, engendered by both. No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”

            “… the President (who is the Commander in Chief of the Military)”

            No, the President is ONLY the CoC when…, here read this directly from the US Constitution.

            “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, WHEN CALLED INTO THE ACTUAL SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES;”

            So the President is ONLY the Commander in Chief after the Congress declares war, or calls up the Militia. Only during those times is the person who serves within the Office of the US President the Commander in Chief. Taking and reading opnly the first few words from the US Constitution concerning this matter makes a big difference in the actual powers of the person who serves in that office.

            Patrick Henry: “You are not to inquire how your trade may be increased, nor how you are to become a great and powerful people, but how your liberties can be secured; for liberty ought to be the direct end of your government.” (as quoted by Thomas M. Moneure, Jr., in “Virginia’s Great Dissenters”, printed in the March, 1999, issue of American Guardian, pp 38-40)

            Treason – Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution of the United States provides: “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

            The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.”

            There are three key elements are necessary for an offense to constitute treason: — an obligation of allegiance to the legal order,
            — intent,
            — action to violate that obligation.

            Understand that those who serve within our federal government do NOT have an LAWFUL authority to create any of the above in your comment, here are the ONLY powers they have;

            Publius Huldah: “In a nutshell, our Constitution authorizes the federal government to handle the following objects for the Country at Large:
            — Military DEFENSE, international commerce & relations; (caps are mine)
            — Control immigration & naturalization of new citizens;
            — Domestically, to create a uniform commercial system: weights & measures, patents & copyrights, money based on gold & silver, bankruptcy laws, mail delivery & some road building; and
            — With some of the amendments, secure certain civil rights.

            As stated in the 10th Amendment, all other powers are reserved by the States OR The People….

            If it is not a delegated power found in writing within the US Constitution it is a USURPATION, a crime against our nation, against our LEGITIMATE government, a crime against the American people.

            Grace by Faith, you are on the right track, but may I recommend anything by Dr. Edwin Vieira, videos, lectures, books? KrisAnne Hall has decent free info to learn from, as does Hillsdale College (specific Free online courses concerning our government, the US Constitution, etc) – this is all constitutional specific.

          • Grace by Faith | October 13, 2017 at 8:27 am |

            No thanks, you still think this is a legitimate government, that you’re protected by the constitution, that you have rights (slaves don’t have rights, only privileges for which they must pay), so we can’t come to a consensus here. And Kris Anne Hall is a traitorous lawyer who works and is paid by a foreign power, so she can’t be trusted. Has she ever told anyone she can only represent infants, wards of the court or imbeciles? Corpus Juris Secundum Volume 7 Section 4. Of course not, because she’s a liar like ALL attorneys who have attorned from real, common law to unreal, with no authority, Roman Law.

          • Our natural Rights do not come from the US Constitution, they come from God. The Bill of Rights does not “give” us our rights, it requires that the people who serve within our governmetns respect and defend them.

            But who is REQUIRED in writing to defend the documents that make up our government from those that would destroy it from without and within (domestic)? We the people are its defenders. THAT is why we are REQUIRED to be armed and trained as the Congress requires the military to train. Why we are REQUIRED to actually KNOW they US Constitution and our own state’s Constitution, what powers those who serve within our governments get from them. Because if it is NOT listed within the US Constitution, or within a state’s Constitution, they do NOT have any jurisdiction or LAWFUL authority over it. BUT, it is OUR duty to see that they do not step from the boundaries placed upon them, that they do NOT usurp powers not delegated.

            You, me, our parents, etc are the reason we are where we are within our nation today. Our children that serve in law enforcement, within the military all do NOT know what our LEGITIMATE government is, that the powers of those that serve within both the state and the federal governments are LIMITED to those things written within those documents. So they are USED against us, they are the force, the *terrorists – most unknowing, those of any rank do know what they do.

            *28 C.F.R. Section 0.85 Terrorism is defined as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives”.

            I notice that you did not name Dr. Edwin Vieira a liar, etc. Go learn, or continue to only believe that which those who work against our LEGITIMATE government want you to believe, cousin. I did not say that KrisAnne was not a lawyer, nor did I say she was not a disabled vet. I made NO personal comments about her, I just said her knowledge of the US Constitution – the areas that she studied it, are great and on par with the US Constitution. I know this BECAUSE I always verify. Nor do you mention Hilsdale College online courses with such derision.

            Our CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC is still valid and legitimate. That does not mean that we do not have enemies – domestic and foreign – working to destroy her from within. WE do. That is why most Americans had to be dumbed down, and it took decades to do so.

            Bertrand Russell,1953: “… Diet, injections, and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities consider desirable, and any serious criticism of the powers that be will become psychologically impossible…” (“The Impact of Science on Society”, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1953)

          • Grace by Faith | October 13, 2017 at 2:57 pm |

            OK, I can’t for the life of me figure out why on earth you would defend the fraudulent corporation masquerading as our government. We are under martial law rule, and you are a slave, with no rights, only privileges for which you must first contract, then pay. You are human capital – Executive Order 13037.

            Your legal status was lowered to the lowest possible via Capitis Diminutio Maxima, your name in capital letters, and yes, there are different legal statuses. Sovereigns like Queen Elizabeth only sign their first names, with only the first letter capitalized. This is the highest legal status. Your name in all caps denotes you are a slave. Don’t believe me? Google Capitis Diminutio Maxima, you will find this: “Capitis Diminutio Maxima (meaning a maximum loss of status) – The highest or most comprehensive loss of status. This occurred when a man’s condition was changed from one of freedom to one of bondage, when he became a slave.”

            I can see we won’t ever see eye to eye on this issue, but I appreciate the conversation and your input. God bless~

          • Again, you misunderstand our government. Those who serve within our governments are NOT “the” government – elected, hired, contracted, etc. They are put there to do specific named in writing duties.

            Are they grabbing for power, etc? Yes. But that makes them the criminals, and those of us who are Oathbound and work FOR our legitimate government will one day charge, arrest, and PROSECUTE them for their crimes against the American people, against our legitimate government, etc.

            I am not a slave. Why not? Because I do not accept those who work against our nation and cry boo hoo over it. I walk as a FREE AMERICAN, and I will always be free American or die defending her as MANY others are also.

            Where stand you? Slave and whiner, believer of lies, allowance of crimes against you and your nation, cousin, or free?

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