{"id":202,"date":"2009-12-25T04:33:08","date_gmt":"2009-12-25T04:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cc2009.givemeliberty.org\/?p=202"},"modified":"2017-03-20T00:01:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T00:01:12","slug":"general-remedial-instructions-to-congress-and-each-of-the-several-states-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cc2009.givemeliberty.org\/?p=202","title":{"rendered":"Article 1: B. GENERAL REMEDIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CONGRESS AND EACH OF THE SEVERAL STATES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">Congress and the Legislatures of each of the Several States shall reaffirm the fundamental political and legal principles that:<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">The Declaration of Independence is the Original and Supreme Assertion of the Independence and Sovereignty of We the People and as such, it constitutes the Great and Indispensable Charter and Guarantee of our Freedom and Liberty.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">The Declaration of Independence asserts that We the People have \u201cassume[d] among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature\u2019s God entitle them\u201d; and that the original thirteen Colonies took upon themselves the status of \u201cFree and Independent States\u201d with \u201cfull Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do\u201d.<\/span> <!--more--><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">The purpose of the Constitution of the United States is to provide a Charter for the Government of the People of the United States in their \u201cseparate and equal station\u201d that they have assumed \u201c among the powers of the earth\u201d through the formation of \u201ca more perfect Union\u201d among the States. Through this Union, the Sovereignty of the People is exercised through a federal government under the control of the People and for their benefit. Therefore, the Constitution cannot serve any international, supra-national, anti-national or merely private function that would infringe upon the right of the People to that separate and equal station that the Declaration of Independence guarantees them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">The Constitution of the United States, as the Supreme Law of the Land, is based upon the Principles of Liberty stated in the Declaration of Independence. Therefore, the Oath or Affirmation taken by all government officials at every level to protect and defend the Constitution also binds them to support those principles in the Declaration of Independence.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">Therefore, no public official may lawfully take any action whatsoever that:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">i. results in the surrender, alienation or delegation of the sovereignty of the People of the United States<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">ii. by entangling alliances, special relationships, or through political or economic subservience, advances the interests of any other nation, international organization, supranational entity or private organization at the expense of the sovereignty of the United States.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\"><br \/>\nAny such action by a public official is a violation of that individual\u2019s Oath or Affirmation of Office and is therefore treason against the Constitution for the United States of America. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress and the Legislatures of each of the Several States shall reaffirm the fundamental political and legal principles that: The Declaration of Independence is the Original and Supreme Assertion of the Independence and Sovereignty of We the People and as such, it constitutes the Great and Indispensable Charter and Guarantee of our Freedom and Liberty. 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