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- | When our government’s “interpretations” of the Constitution don’t seem to square with what we read in black and white, it is usually because they //don’t// square with the Constitution. | + | </ |
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- | **It’s Time to Evict the Constitutional Squatters** | + | {{: |
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+ | //When our government’s “interpretations” of the Constitution don’t seem to square with what we read in black and white, it is usually because they //don’t// square with the Constitution.// | ||
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+ | ===== It’s Time to Evict the Constitutional Squatters | ||
**Rita Dunaway, Esq., National Legislative Strategist for the Convention of States Project** | **Rita Dunaway, Esq., National Legislative Strategist for the Convention of States Project** | ||
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As a law school student, I remember being outraged when I learned that if a landowner does not begin the legal evic-tion process within a prescribed period of time, a brazen trespasser can actually acquire title to real estate. | As a law school student, I remember being outraged when I learned that if a landowner does not begin the legal evic-tion process within a prescribed period of time, a brazen trespasser can actually acquire title to real estate. | ||
- | It’s called “adverse possession, | + | It’s called “adverse possession, |
- | administrative agencies acting as constitu-tional squatters. | + | They are brazen trespassers, |
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- | They are brazen trespassers, | + | |
They have even injected themselves into our personal business, mandating that we buy certain health insurance policies, for instance. | They have even injected themselves into our personal business, mandating that we buy certain health insurance policies, for instance. | ||
- | The American people have grown so accustomed to seeing the feds occupy this territory that many no longer bother to consult their pocket Constitutions in an effort to identify any source of authority for these actions. The Supreme Court deci-sions | + | The American people have grown so accustomed to seeing the feds occupy this territory that many no longer bother to consult their pocket Constitutions in an effort to identify any source of authority for these actions. The Supreme Court decisions |
- | that the Constitution must be too complex | + | While a simple reading of Articles I and II appears to indicate |
- | While a simple reading of Articles I and II appears to indicate that neither Congress nor the President has any legitimate power over education, health insurance, | + | Regular, hard-working people raising families probably have no clue how the Anti-Injunction Act figures into their health insurance |
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- | Regular, hard-working people raising fami-lies probably have no clue how the Anti-Injunction Act figures into their health insurance situation, but they know the upshot is that they must buy the insurance the feds want them to have, or be pun-ished. “Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die…” | + | ---- |
- | As a young lawyer fresh out of school, I //Continued | + | //We will lose the protection of original constitutional boundaries if we fail to enforce them through Article V.// |
- | We will lose the | + | ---- |
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- | constitutional boundaries | + | As a young lawyer fresh out of school, I often failed to question the judgments of more seasoned attorneys, always assuming they knew something I didn’t. I’m sure that was true enough, plenty of the time. But as time went on, I came to understand that often what seemed like a bad judgment call to me really was a bad judgment call. And it was my //duty// to point it out in the proper tone and forum. |
- | if we fail to enforce them | + | Here’s what I’m getting at: The average American isn’t so ignorant, nor the average judge, congressman, |
- | through Article V. | + | When our government’s “interpretations” of the Constitution don’t seem to square with what we read in black and white, it is usually because they //don’t// square with the Constitution, |
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- | //Continued from front page// | + | |
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- | often failed to question the judgments of more seasoned attorneys, always assuming they knew something I didn’t. I’m sure that was true enough, plenty of the time. But as time went on, I came to understand that often what seemed like a bad judgment call to me really was a bad judgment call. And it was my //duty// to point it out in the proper tone and forum. | + | |
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- | Here’s what I’m getting at: The average American isn’t so ignorant, nor the aver-age judge, congressman, | + | |
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- | When our government’s “interpretations” of the Constitution don’t seem to square with what we read in black and white, it is usually because they //don’t// square with the Constitution, | + | |
The feds have rudely pitched their tent on the front lawn of our liberty, and it’s time we served them their eviction notice. | The feds have rudely pitched their tent on the front lawn of our liberty, and it’s time we served them their eviction notice. | ||
- | Just as landowners have the right and duty to invoke a legal process (eviction) to deal with squatters in property cases, the Amer-ican | + | Just as landowners have the right and duty to invoke a legal process (eviction) to deal with squatters in property cases, the American |
- | But here’s the rub: Just as legal property owners lose their title if they fail to act, so we will lose the protection of original | + | But here’s the rub: Just as legal property owners lose their title if they fail to act, so we will lose the protection of original |
- | You don’t have to take my word for it. In a law review article published last year, Boston College Law School Assistant | + | You don’t have to take my word for it. In a law review article published last year, Boston College Law School Assistant |
- | “There are several other more flexible modes of constitutional change that do not rely on the mechanistic procedures of | + | “There are several other more flexible modes of constitutional change that do not rely on the mechanistic procedures of Article V in order to keep the constitutional regime current and reflective of the new social and political equilibria. They result in unwritten changes to the Constitution that may be as constraining as a formal amendment. That the United States Constitution is both written and unwritten is therefore now uncontroversial.” |
- | {{article_15-timetoevictsquatters_Image_0.jpg}} | + | What Albert describes as the “unwritten” Constitution, |
- | Article V in order to keep the constitu-tional regime current and reflective | + | Every student of American history knows that legitimate government depends upon the consent |
- | What Albert describes as the “unwritten” Constitution, | + | I urge you to join with the Convention |
- | Every student of American history knows that legitimate government depends upon the consent of the governed. The legal title to government is vested in us, and with it the right and duty to defend our title against trespassers. | + | ---- |
+ | Sign the COS Petition, be a leader https:// | ||
+ | Volunteer here https:// | ||
- | I urge you to join with the Convention of States Project to evict the constitutional squatters. | + | ||[[https:// |
+ | (540)441-7227 | [[https:// | ||
- | (540) 441-**7**22**7**|CONVENTIONOFSTATES.COM|Facebook.com/ | ||
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