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Why was Bernard von NotHaus Arrested and Convicted?
IAN’s opinion
March 21, 2011
I knew about the Liberty coins since the programs inception and I refused to participate even though many well meaning Nevadans and patriots wanted me to immerse myself in this program. The reason I refused to participate is because these coins had dollar values on the coins. The power was given to Congress. Bernard von NotHaus did not have the authority to regulate the value of coin and use the measurement known as the “dollar.” The Federal Gestapo would not have had a case if he had just minted silver coins with a specific weight and purity. The second he put a dollar ($) value on the coins he was using a sovereign power that had been clearly delegated to Congress.
Here is a picture of a Liberty coin.
Do you see that it claims to be $20? This was, in my opinion, the problem with these coins and I knew it would lead to his arrest and conviction from the first moment I saw them. It is the reason why I refused to buy any of these coins. It is the reason I have none of them.
I have done hundreds of hours of research and written extensively on what a dollar is and what it is not. For one such article Click Here.
All of us that love the Constitution KNOW that Federal Reserve Notes are not dollars. Even Senator John Ensign’s office knows that Federal Reserve Notes are not dollars. We all know that the Federal Reserve Notes are a fraud.
Attorney Larry Becraft sent us this wonderful Supreme Court case that clearly reveals that the Federal Reserve is activly working in violation of the Constitution and the restrictions upon the government.
Quote:United States v. Marigold, 50 U.S. (9 How.) 560, 567-68 (1850):“They appertain rather to the execution of an important trust invested by the Constitution, and to the obligation to fulfill that trust on the part of the government, namely, the trust and the duty of creating and maintaining a uniform and pure metallic standard of value throughout the Union. The power of coining money and of regulating its value was delegated to Congress by the Constitution for the very purpose, as assigned by the framers of that instrument, of creating and preserving the uniformity and purity of such standard of value * * *
“If the medium which the government was authorized to create and establish could immediately be expelled, and substituted by one it had neither created, estimated, nor authorized one possessing no intrinsic value then the power conferred by the Constitution would be useless wholly fruitless of every end it was designed to accomplish. Whatever functions Congress are, by the Constitution, authorized to perform, they are, when the public good requires it, bound to perform; and on this principle, having emitted a circulating medium, a standard of value indispensable for the purposes of the community, and for the action of the government itself, they are accordingly authorized and bound in duty to prevent its debasement and expulsion, and the destruction of the general confidence and convenience, by the influx and substitution of a spurious coin in lieu of the constitutional currency.”
We all know that Congress and the Federal Reserve have worked actively to debase, expel, and destroy the general confidence and convenience of Constitutional gold and silver money by the influx and substitution of a spurious coin and promissory notes called Federal reserve notes, in lieu of the constitutional currency.
But Bernard von NotHaus should not have placed a dollar value on his coins. Only Congress should and can claim what a United Staes Dollar is. It is an infringement on even common law copy right to use the word dollar on a coin that implies it is a United Staes dollar.
It is Congress’ duty to supply Citizens with metallic money and they have FAILED to do their duty. The States should rebel. The States should REFUSE to accept anything but gold and silver coins as payment in tender of debt just like the Constitution requires in Article 1 Section 10. If necessary the States should tell the Federal Government that if they do not immediately create and maintain a uniform and pure metallic standard of value throughout the Union that they will have a Constitutional Convention and END the United States. They could and should start again with some new form of Constitutional Republic with enforcement and penalties against Congressmen, Executive branch officials and even judges that can be enforced by the States against such men that violate their duty to create and maintain a uniform and pure metallic standard of value throughout the Union.
The greatest flaw in the United Staes Constitution is the lack of enforcement powers granted to the States against the Federal government officials that violate the Constitution. Such enforcement powers must be created by the States so as to protect and defend the Constitution and the Citizens, not of the United States, but of each individual State Citizen, themselves.
We must also remember that We the People are to blame for this problem. If we would but demand that our State governments only accept the Silver Dollars now being minted by the U.S. Mint (since 1986 AD), since they are currently the only “uniform and pure metallic standard of value throughout the Union” because of the weight imbalances in the U.S. gold coins, as payment in tender of debts then we could destroy the Federal Reserve System without ever firing a shot.
If Americans would simply REFUSE to call Federal Reserve Notes “dollars” on 1040 forms then the Federal Government would be brought to its knees and be forced to create and maintain a “uniform and pure metallic standard of value throughout the Union.” But Americans like Bernard von NotHaus refuse to follow the solutions in the law and in the Constitution. They commit perjury on the IRS 1040 forms and W-2s and 1099s and all other government documents when they claim that Federal Reserve Notes are dollars. Then the blame the government for this problem. Well if the vast majority of Americans are claiming under penalties of perjury that those Federal Reserve Notes are not promissory notes (which is what they are) but are dollars then We the People have spoken and our servants must obey. When the people which are supposed to be the rulers of this nation are wicked then the people mourn and the people do mourn.
We must stop practicing the Religion of Marxism which allows for paper to be called dollars instead of a “uniform and pure metallic standard of value throughout the Union.” Until we, as individuals, stand up and follow the Biblical demands made upon us by the Lord of Hosts and reject, in our own lives the lie of calling Federal Reserve Notes dollars, then we will continue to reap the whirlwind.
Quote:Deut. 25:13 ¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Lev. 19: 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Ezek. 45: 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Amos 8: 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
Prov. 20: 10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Micah 6: 10 ¶ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
Those of us that love the Constitution and the Lord Jesus Christ know our duty in this matter and we refuse to bear false witness against the United States and ourselves. Until more Americans stand up and are willing to STOP committing perjury on 1040 forms then we are headed toward destruction.
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SOURCE: http://www.independentamerican.org/2011/03/26/how-congress-repealed-the-dollar/
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HOW CONGRESS REPEALED THE DOLLAR*
March 26, 2011
By: Clair Foster
In the Coinage Act of 1792, 1 Stat 248, congress “fixed” the value (weight) of the Dollar at 371.25 grains of pure silver. This went well for a while, then in an Act of 1873, 17 Stat. 426, Congress made a gold dollar the standard unit of value, and demonetized silver.
Despite all this a large number of silver coins were minted in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th. In an Act of 1900, the Gold Standard Act, 31 Stat. 45, Congress reasserted that gold was to be the standard unit of value.
During the ravages of the Depression, Congress abolished gold coinage and the unit coin, but set the unit value in terms of gold (30 Jan. 1934, 48 Stat. 337.) In June of 1967, P.L. 90-29, 81 Stat. 77, silver certificates were made redeemable for one year; after June 1968 such certificates would no longer be redeemable. It is said that in March 1968, President Johnson signed a bill removing silver from the Federal Reserve ‘dollar.’
In March, 1972, P.L. 92-268, 86 Stat. 116, Congress created a statute, cited as the “Par Value Modification Act,” which ‘established’ a par value and legal standard for defining the dollar to gold at $1 as equal to one thirty-eighth of an ounce of fine gold. In Sept. of 1973, P.L. 93-110, 87 Stat. 352, Congress amended the Par Value Modification Act, and redefined the dollar at “0.828948 Special Drawing Right or, the equivalent in terms of gold of forty-two and two-ninths dollars per fine troy ounce of gold.”
In Oct. 1976, P.L. 94-564, 90 Stat 2660, at Sec. 6 thereof Congress repealed the part of the Par Value Modification Act which defined the last legal standard for the dollar. It seems there are no more dollars.
• As originally published in the July 1990 Edition of Barrister’s Inn ALERT, Boise, Idaho
IAN Editor Question. If there is no dollar then why did Congress have the U.S. Mint place the value of “ONE DOLLAR” on the silver dollar it has been minting since 1986 AD?
And if that is what a dollar is then why do taxpayers tell the Federal tyrants how many Federal Reserve Notes they have on the line that requires a DOLLAR amount?
Why are so many Americans committing perjury on 1040 forms?
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The Dollar Collapse
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SOURCE: http://www.shtfplan.com/emergency-preparedness/what-is-money-when-the-system-collapses_12292009
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What is money when, not IF, the system collapses?
Economist Mike Shedlock defines money through the eyes of Austrian economist Murray N. Rothbard as “a commodity used as a medium of exchange.”
“Like all commodities, it has an existing stock, it faces demands by people to buy and hold it. Like all commodities, its “price” in terms of other goods is determined by the interaction of its
total supply, or stock, and the total demand by people to buy and hold it. People “buy” money by selling their goods and services for it, just as they “sell” money when they buy goods and services.”
What is money when the system collapses and the SHTF?
In disaster situations, the value of money as we know it now changes, especially if we are dealing with a hyperinflationary collapse of the system's core currency. This article discusses money as a commodity in an event where the traditional currency (US Dollar) is no longer valuable.
In a collapse of the system, there will be multiple phases, with the first phase being the “crunch”, as discussed in James Rawlesâ•~ book Patriots. The crunch is the period of time directly preceding a collapse and the collapse itself.
Traditional Currency
Initially, the traditional currency system will maintain some value, though it may be rapidly depreciating in buying power. For those with physical, non-precious metal denominated currency on hand (paper dollars, non-silver coins), spending it as rapidly as possible is the best approach.
It is during the crunch that ATM machines around the country will run out of currency as people aware of the rapidly devaluing dollar will be attempting to withdraw as much money as possible. This immediate increase in money supply, coupled with the population's general knowledge of the currency depreciation in progress, will lead to instant price increases for goods, especially essential goods.
If your physical cash has not been converted into tangible assets, this would be the time to do so. Acquiring as much food, fuel, clothing and toiletry items as possible would be the ideal way
to spend remaining cash before it completely collapses to zero, as it did in the Weimar inflation in 1930's Germany, or Zimbabwe's hyperinflation in recent years.
Precious Metals
During the initial phase of the â•~crunch' precious metals will be a primary bartering tool, but this may not last long. The old survivalist adage “you can't eat your gold” will become apparent
very quickly. In a total breakdown of the system, food, water and fuel will be the most important tangible goods to acquire.
Consider someone who has a two week or one month supply of food on hand. Do you believe they would be willing to part with that food for some precious metals? The likely answer is no. There will be
almost no bartering item that one would be willing to trade their food for once it is realized that food supply lines have been cut.
That being said, since most will not barter their food, not even for fuel, the next recognized medium of exchange by merchants, especially those selling fuel, will be precious metals. For the
initial crunch, silver coins, especially recognizable coins like 90% silver quarters, dimes and half dollars, along with one (1) ounce government mint issued silver coins like US Silver Eagles,
will be accepted by some, probably most, merchants. For those trying to flee cities to bug-out locations, silver coins of the aforementioned denominations may be a life saver, as they can be used
to acquire fuel. While we recommend having gold, as well, the issue with gold is that its value is so much higher than that of silver, that breaking a one ounce gold coin into 10 pieces just to buy a tank of gas will not be practical. It is for this reason that having silver on hand is highly recommended. Packing at least $25 – $50 of silver coins in each bug-out bag would be a prudent prepping idea.
In a total SHTF scenario, silver and gold may eventually break down as a bartering unit, as contact with the “outside” world breaks down. One reason for this, is that the fair value price of precious metals will be hard to determine, as it will be difficult to locate buyers for this commodity.
This, however, does not mean that you should spend all of your precious metals right at the onset of a collapse. Precious metals will have value after bartering and trade is reestablished once
the system begins to stabilize. Once stabilization begins, the likely scenario is that precious metals will be one of the most valuable monetary units available, so having plenty may be quite
a benefit. At this point, they could be used to purchase property, livestock, services and labor.
Water
Water is often overlooked as a medium of exchange, though it is one of the most essential commodities for survival on the planet. Had individuals in New Orleans stockpiled some water supplies during
Hurricane Katrina, much of the loss of life there could have been avoided.
For those bugging out of cities, it will be impractical to carry with them more than 5 – 10 gallons of water because of space limitations in their vehicles. Thus, having a method to procure water may not only save your life, but also provide you with additional goods for which you can barter.
An easy solution for providing yourself and others with clean water is to acquire a portable water filtration unit for your bug-out bag(s). While they are a bit costly, with a good unit such as the
Katadyn Combi water filter running around $150, the water produced will be worth its weight in gold, almost literally. This particular filter produces 13,000 gallons of clean water! A Must have for any survival kit.
Because we like reserves for our reserves, we'd also recommend acquiring water treatment tablets like the EPA approved Katadyn Micropur tabs. If your filter is lost or breaks for whatever reason,
each tablet can purify 1 liter of water. In our opinion, the best chemical water treatment available.
Clean water is money. In a bartering environment, especially before individuals have had time to establish water sources, this will be an extremely valuable medium of exchange and will have more buying power than even silver or gold on the individual bartering level.
Food
In a system collapse, food will be another of the core essential items that individuals will want to acquire. Survival Blog founder James Rawles suggests storing food for 1) personal use 2) charity
3) bartering.
Dry goods, canned goods, freeze dried foods can be used for bartering, but only if you have enought to feed yourself, family and friends. They should be bartered by expiration date, with those
foods with the expiration dates farthest out being the last to be traded. You don't know how long the crunch and recovery periods will last, so hold the foods with the longest expiration dates in
your posession if you get to a point where you must trade.
Baby formula will also be a highly valued item in a SHTF scenario, so whether you have young children or not, it may not be a bad idea to stockpile a one or two week supply. (For parents of young
children, this should be the absolute first thing you should be stockpiling!). In addition to water, baby formula may be one of the most precious of all monetary commodities.
Another tradeable food good would be seeds, but the need for these may not be apparent to most at the initial onset of a collapse, though having extra seeds in your bug-out location may come in
handy later.
Fuel
Fuel, including gas, diesel, propane and kerosene will all become barterable goods in a collapse, with gas being the primary of these energy monetary units during the crunch as individuals flee
cities. For most, stockpiling large quantities will be impractical, so for those individuals who prepared, they may only have 20 – 50 gallons in their possession as they are leaving their homes. If you are near your final bug-out destination, and you must acquire food, water or firearms, fuel may be a good medium of exchange, especially for those that have extra food stuffs they are willing to trade.
Though we do not recommend expending your fuel, if you are left with no choice, then food, water and clothing may take precedence.
For those with the ability to do so, store fuel in underground tanks on your property for later use and trading.
Firearms and Ammunition
Though firearms and ammunition may not be something you want to give up, those without them will be willing to trade some of their food, precious metals, fuel and water for personal security. If
the system collapses, there will likely be pandemonium, and those without a way to protect themselves will be sitting ducks to thieves, predators and gangs.
Even in if you choose not to trade your firearms and ammo during the onset of a collapse, these items will be valuable later. As food supplies diminish, those without firearms will want to acquire
them so they can hunt for food. Those with firearms may very well be running low on ammunition and will be willing to trade for any of the aforementioned items.
In James Rawles' Patriots and William Forstchen's One Second After, ammunition was the primary trading good during the recovery and stabilization periods, where it was traded for food, clothing,
shoes, livestock, precious metals and fuel.
Clothing and Footwear
We may take it for granted now because of the seemingly endless supply, but clothing and footwear items will be critical in both, the crunch and the phases after it. Having an extra pair of boots,
a jacket, socks, underwear and sweaters can be an excellent way to acquire other essential items in a trade.
As children grow out of their clothes, rather than throwing them away, they will become barterable goods.
It is recommended that those with children stock up on essential clothing items like socks, underwear and winter-wear that is sized a year or two ahead of your child's age.
Additional Monetary Commodities
The above monetary units are essential goods that will be helpful for bartering in the initial phases of a collapse in the system. As the crunch wanes and recovery and stabilization begin to take over, other commodities will become tradeable goods.
In A Free Falling Economy Makes Bartering Go Boom, Tess Pennington provides some other examples of items that will be bartering goods during and after a crunch including, vitamins, tools, livestock,
fishing supplies, coffee and medical supplies.
Another important monetary commodity after the crunch will be trade skills. If you know how to fish, machine tools, hunt, sew, fix and operate radioes, fix cars, manufacture shoes, or grow food,
you'll have some very important skills during the recovery period.
Author: Mac Slavo
Date: December 29th, 2009
Visit the Author's Website: http://www.SHTFplan.com/
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From: Bernard von NotHaus
To: Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 11:08 AM
Subject: BVNH Convicted. Liberty Dollar Dies
Dear Liberty Dollar Supporters,
I sincerely regret to inform you that I was found guilty on all four counts regarding the Liberty Dollar in less than an hour on Friday, March 18. The only explanation is that a strong, anti-liberty person took control of a weak-willed jury and pushed the verdict through in record time in spite of well worded Jury Instructions. A government forfeiture hearing immediately followed the conviction.
PLEASE NOTE: Your property is at risk so please continue to read these emails and take action so the government does not steal your property.
An appeal is planned but that will take years. More news to follow. An unofficial, but most interesting account of the trial is available via Heather’s blog at:
http://www.liberty4free.com/Liberty%20Dollar%20Trial.htm
God help you and our country as American descends into a hellish hyperinflationary future without the benefits of the Liberty Dollar.
I am very sorry our efforts to return America to value failed. Thank you so much for your support.
Bernard von NotHaus Monetary Architect
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Dan Meador: State codes rely upon IRS codes.
The attached is the Uniform tax act on which nearly all state income taxes are based. This act will be important for those dealing with state income tax problems, and for everybody when we move into state forums to correct the system.
Our state income taxes are predicated on Buck Act authority (4 U.S.C. ßß 105-111). Key legislation was enacted in 1934, and was expanded and particularized until about the early 1950s. However, the Buck Act, along with most other Federal legislation, was applicable solely to territories and insular possessions subject to sovereignty of the United States under the territorial clause. The grant of authority does not apply to the Union of several States. Verify this in definitions of “State” and “United States” in the sections cited above.
Even if it did apply to the several States, application would extend solely to Federal enclaves within the several States, and administration would be under provisions of 5 U.S.C. ? 5511 through about 5521. Here you will find the Executive Order which authorizes the head of any given agency operating within a state to enter administration agreements with state and local taxing authorities. If I recall correctly, the General Services Administration may be responsible for executing the agreements.
There is no corresponding authority relating to the Internal Revenue Service, yet commissioners of each state tax commission have administrative agreements with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
i.e., the Internal Revenue Service.
State income tax codes rely on liability prescribed by the Federal Internal Revenue Code. If you aren't required to keep books and records and file returns under Internal Revenue Code taxing authority, you aren't required to file state tax returns.
One of the more interesting aspects of state tax codes is that they acknowledge “public money” as the object of the tax. Verify that only Federal government officers and employees, and officers and employees of instrumentalities of the United States, are entitled to receive and use “public money” in regulations relating to Treasury Tax & Loan Depositaries. See particularly 31 CFR ? 202, 203 & 215.
he “person liable” for state income tax, as is the case for Federal “normal tax”, is the withholding agent for state and local government units. Where the Oklahoma income tax code is in Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the key section which identifies who is liable is in Title 51, which pertains to government officers. This is probably the case in most other states, too.
As is the case for the Uniform Commercial Code, state tax codes are “adopted” uniform acts which assume each of the several States is an “instrumentality” of the United States on a par with Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, etc. It's another of the acts on the State side of the Federalism scheme.
Dan Meador
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SOURCE: http://archive.mail-list.com/paycheck-piracy/message/20110331.060816.66f2a4ca.en.html
Some insight and wisdom on the Bernard von NotHaus conviction from former attorney Jeffrey Dickstein.
Jeff is no longer a bar attorney, but he does do consultant work for those in need and who ask.
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From: Jeffrey A. Dickstein – jdlaw47@cox.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 1:05 PM
To: Davis Mauldin ; Bob Minarik ;
Subject: Re: Larken Rose on the US Attorney who prosecuted Bernard
von NotHaus
Dave and Bob,
Everyone is angry about Bernard's conviction and the government's conduct. I've seen no one, however, discuss the below issues:
According to the Constitution: “To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures” is a power delegated to Congress.
Does this provision limit the power to coin money only to Congress? (I did address this in one of my e-mails and I expressed that unless that granted power was specifically stated as exclusive by the Constitution, the government cannot claim the power is exclusive and deny that right to those who created the government. The states have the power to declare something lawful as tender, but
were forbidden to make anything, but gold and silver a tender in payment of debt. bob)
Did Bernard “coin money”?
If he did, is there a law that makes that activity illegal?
If there is such a law, was Bernard's activity sufficient to provide proof, beyond a reasonable doubt, each element of the offense is met?
I continue to find it amazing that those trying to make a change haven't figured out the way to do so is not to offer yourself up as an easy sacrifice. Facts we have observed in the past twenty years establish that individual effort exerted in the absence of organized support is not going to prevail in today's political climate.
The North Viet Namese had a saying: “Comrade, you must pay attention and draw from your experience.”
If one is paying attention, one learns from the relatively recent Simkanin, Schiff, Benson, Hirmer, Kane, Rose, Schultz and Hendrickson cases what type of conduct doesn't work, regardless of the issue being presented.
Why people wanting to effectuate change continue to engage in conduct that has been proven not to work is beyond my comprehension.
How much time, effort, talent and resources have been wasted by those sitting in federal prison, all without making any positive difference?
I think the following words pretty much sum up my experience:
Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within
the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold
and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People
talking without speaking People hearing without listening People
writing songs that voices never share And no one dared Disturb the
sound of silence
“Fools”, said I, “You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear
my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you”
But my words, like silent raindrops fell And echoed In the wells
of silence
And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the
sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And
the sign said, “The words of the prophets are written on the subway
walls And tenement halls” And whispered in the sounds of silence
Dickstein
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SOURCE: http://archive.mail-list.com/paycheck-piracy/message/20110409.052707.82501118.en.html
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA INCOME TAX COLLECTION AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION BY MISSING PUNCTUATION MARK
By: Ed Rivera
The State of California can't improve public education, because it wouldn't be able to collect State income taxes, if it did. People in California can't be taught to think for fear they might rebel.
If Californians weren't so stupid, they would have noticed that the absence of a comma between “Any person” and the rest of the subject of the sentence that is Section 19706 means “Any person” must be “Any person of any corporation.”
State of California Revenue & Taxation Code Section 19706. “Any person or any officer or employee of any corporation who, within the time required by or under the provisions of this part, willfully fails to file any return or to supply any information with intent to evade any tax imposed by Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), or who, willfully and with like intent, makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return or statement or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or in the state prison, or by fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court, together with the costs of investigation and prosecution.”
The State of California is, according to Article 3, Section 1 of its Constitution, “an inseparable part of the United States of America, and the United States Constitution is the supreme law of the land,” which means the territorial component of the State of California is the federal land in California.
The State of California licenses corporations to do business in the State of California and those corporations pay a tax on income earned in the State of California. Humans (persons) can't be taxed for being humans in California, but if they can be made to believe they live in the State of California, they can be taught to believe they earn income in the State of California. If Californians can be taught to believe they live in the State of California, they can be kept in the dark about the purpose of commas.
Commas are a very small part of the written law, but if you really want to learn the law, you will start with the basics. To enroll as one of my Students, contact me at edrivera@edrivera.com
Dr. Eduardo M. Rivera
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See also:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576244881535104262.html?mod=e2tw
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ObamaCare’s 1099 tax reporting requirement finally repealed
Wed, 04/06/2011 – 11:39am | posted by Jason Pye
After months of both parties trying to score political points along with repealing the 1099 tax reporting requirement that was included in ObamaCare, the Senate finally passed a measure to eliminate this onerous provision in an 87 to 12 vote:
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to repeal a tax-reporting requirement contained in last year’s health-care law that was widely criticized for being too burdensome, the first significant change to the law and one of the few bipartisan acts of Congress so far this year.
[…]
Republicans and Democrats had agreed that repealing the tax-reporting requirement was a good idea, but had differed over how to compensate for it. The approved repeal would make up for taxes lost to vendor evasion by requiring low- and middle-income Americans who receive a tax credit for buying their own health insurance to repay the credit if their income winds up being too high. The repayment obligation would show up as a tax charge during the tax filing season
“How would most middle-class families deal with a tax bill of $10,000 or more just because their income may have increased $1 above the eligibility limits during the year they got accepted?” said Sen. Bob Menendez (D., N.J.), who tried and failed to repeal the mechanism for dealing with the cost of the repeal.
The National Taxpayers Union, a group that focuses on cutting taxes, has estimated that the repeal would cost $19.7 billion. The group estimated that the losses would be offset by taking back $19.9 billion in overpayments.
Since the House has already repealed the provision, the measure will now head to President Barack Obama’s desk for his signature.
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From: “Edgar J. Steele”
Date: July 07, 2011 24:40:28 AM PDT
Subject: Attorney Wesley Hoyt affirmed as Mr. Steele's
representation, Edgar releases Installment #2: The Tao of ED
Reply-To: Steele@ConspiracyPenPal.com
(Authored by the http://www.free-edgar-steele.com Administrators. There was a court hearing today 7/6/2011 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on this matter.)Today marks the beginning of a defense for Edgar Steele by
attorney Wesley W. Hoyt, formerly the attorney for Cyndi Steele. Over the objection of the Government, who did not want Mr. Steele to be represented by an effective attorney, the Court ruled that Mr. Hoyt, who was selected by Mr. Steele from the beginning, would be, from this time forth, Mr. Steele's “attorney of record.” (That term will have special significance to anyone paying attention to this saga as it unfolds, especially in light of events that are about to happen in the very near – we will keep you posted.)
What today's ruling means is that one of the people who have been closely monitoring the progress of Mr. Steele's case last August, and one of the ones who believes that Mr. Steele is
innocent beyond a shadow of a doubt, is now authorized to lead his defense. Mr. Steele's principle defense is government fabrication of evidence, i.e., two tape recordings where supposedly he asked someone to kill his wife. Although the evidence of government fabrication was suppressed in his trial, Mr. Hoyt's main thrust will be to bring that evidence to light to prove government misconduct by Mr. Steele's accusers.
We asked Mr. Hoyt to comment, however, he is not able to do so based on the local court rules, so you'll just have to accept our interpretation of events as they unfold, with the promise that we
will do the best we can to report the facts as they appear to be.
We understand that Mr. Steele was very calm and in good spirits as he celebrated his sixty-sixth birthday yesterday. He now has a very Zen attitude and is developing what he refers to as the Tao of Ed, (pronounced “Dow”). We wish him great endurance and peace of mind as he endures this false imprisonment and conviction on false charges.
(The first literation of Ed's “The Tao of ED” — Installment #2 –is INCLUDED BELOW for your convenience.)
Please encourage everyone you know to send contributions as we need to pay to keep this fight alive, which is really a battle for our own freedom with Ed as the one who is vicariously suffering for us now, but before long they will be knocking at your door, arresting you on equally false charges, and if they can get away with it in Ed's case, they surely won't be halted from doing it in your case; if you catch our meaning.
Thanks to all the loyal followers who have given so much already, but we will never give up, never!!!!!
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The Tao of ED
by Edgar J. Steele
For the past year, I have been in jail. If this is news to you, look on http://www.free-edgar-steele.com for my thoughts on this epic struggle.
Those in jail and prison cells lead particularly difficult lives, in an environment second in stress only (perhaps) to the likes of the Vietnam era's “Hanoi Hilton” POW camp. In the cruelest turns
of fate, most prisoners have seen family and friends turn their backs upon them in shame. But, they may be the lucky ones, actually.
It seems counter-intuitive, but I have seen many inmates turn their own backs on what few family members and friends have stood by them. Why? Because every contact with loved ones “on the outs”
produces extreme emotional pain, starting all over again, every time those contacts end, whether by phone, by letter or in person.
It is far easier to live completely without our loved ones, it seems, than to be continually teased and reminded of what and who we are missing.
Thus far, I have been spared that pain in my once-again-daily contacts with my wonderful wife, Cyndi. I get my share of pain, though, every time I see, speak or hear from my children and
friends. Why is it so different for me with Cyndi?
I honestly do not know.
Many wonder how I have emerged intact from a year of solitary/max-security/full-lockdown confinement, being held essentially incommunicado. How can I seem to be peaceful and
content? Many more wonder aloud when I am going to have the expected breakdown about being convicted recently of four major felonies. I face a minimum sentence of 30 years, with 70 or more years a very real possibility.
“Jail suits you, Ed,” is the standard reaction obvious on the faces of all who visit me here in jail. Well, maybe. In fact, I suppose it has enabled me to find whole new dimensions to my character and understanding of the Universe.
Every day, I actively work at what I have come to call the Tao of Ed: striving to learn and master Patience, Surrender, Acceptance, and Humility.
By going through a litany of truths (affirmations, some would say) and aphorisms, often several times a day, together with sessions of meditation, I have managed to avoid the desperation, hostility and strain gripping so many of those around me. Every day, I count my blessings rather than curse my misfortunes. Indeed, I have learned to seek out the silver lining of every cloud that comes into my life.
Or, it might all simply be because I am heavily medicated, but that is a story for another day.
What are the “affirmations” I now have come to embrace each day of my life? Glad you asked. Here are the reasons I consider myself to be a lucky man:
I have the love and support of the perfect woman: strong, soft, understanding, forgiving, loving, beautiful and compassionate. Our love is even stronger because of this horrible experience. Like the
families of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, the Feds have done their dead-level best to split us up, but have managed only to make us want to be together all the more.
At age 66, I am in “extra innings” due to defeating cancer, an embolism (aneurysm) and a major aortic aneurysm. How many of us might jump at the chance to return after death, even to a jail
cell? With my blood pressure at zero in the hospital elevator, death is exactly what I returned from, six months prior to my arrest.
I have good health, a genuinely youthful, non-“stuffy” outlook, a sense of real power and an important mission in lifeâ•?”also, I still have all my hair, teeth, intellect and looks (â~º).
My family and friends have their dignity, self-respect and integrity, despite my predicament, plus an empowering and deep sense of having been wronged by the very system I have fought all
my life to preserve, as intended by our forefathers and about which I continually have warned all who will listen.
I have (most of) my dignity, self-respect and integrity.
I am warm, have clean (sort of) clothing, a safe place to sleep, all the food I need and most of the medicines I need.
My very existence has become a symbol of, and object lesson in, the corruption, tyranny and unfairness I have warned about for years. Like many before me, I have become a living example of the
corruption, excesses and evils of my time. With my incarceration and conviction on false charges, my message gets through even stronger now.
I have embarked again upon my spiritual quest, abandoned now for over 30 years. This time, I have turned inward for the answers, rather than seeking enlightenment from others (who taught me only
about enlightenment, without any actual enlightenment taking place).
I have set upon what I call the path of the “Tao of Ed.” – I have learned Patience (enduring adversity with equanimity) and Surrender (letting go of effort by not struggling against the inevitable). I now am learning Acceptance (wanting what I have, losing it without regret and not needing what I don't have) and Humility (putting ego aside). Humility is especially difficult for me, but being in jail helpsâ•?”a lot.
Amazingly, I still have all my friends plus lots of new ones, both “on the outs” and inside every jail through which they have “dieseled” (a concept by the new American Prison Industry that
deserves further attention later).
I am learning the real meaning of freedom and a new, heightened appreciation for life.
Somehow, even after my conviction, I am utterly confident that I will be cleared and set free. I have a date with a red sports car in Southern Oregon, you see; yet another story for another day.
I am ready, eager and 100% committed to take up my real life's work: speaking out to fight Amerikan tyranny and to inspire others, both inside and outside “the movement.”
My ability to influence others has grown with this affair, which seems to have enhanced my stature in “the movement” by making a very real martyr of me.
Again, I am working – really working – on several books, all of which I will finish. My books and my children will be my enduring legacy to the world.
I have been freed from the chains of work, TV and email.
At worst, I really face a sentence of only a handful of years. 8, 30, 70 or 1000 years – at my age, they are all the same to me. Also, by all accounts, prison will be much more interesting and pleasant than county jails (and my “gang” is waiting there for me).
Though I've never had an addictive personality, this period has completely detoxed me from all the post-surgical drugs I was using at the time I was arrested.
Truth, I am living larger and more peacefully than most people “on the outs.” I am blessed. I am a lucky man.
Never will they be able to defeat me. Never.
Did you see anything that resonated with you? Even though you may not share the exceptional environmental advantage (jail) that I currently “enjoy,” I'll bet that you can build your own list of 20
things for which you can feel genuinely thankful, each and every day. Ten, at least.
The Tao of Ed. Try it. It may just change your life – and without having to spend a year in jail (or a Buddhist monastery). Your mileage may vary, but I truly am a lucky man.
Even so, I much would prefer to be out there with all of you. But, I am confident that I will be. Just wait. You'll see.
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EDITORIAL: A Layman's counter-claim!
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Woman, 61, charged with sexual assault after 'groping TSA agent's left breast'By John Stevens
Last updated at 7:16 PM on 16th July 2011
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A 61-year-old woman has been arrested for groping a female TSA agent's breast.
Yukari Mihamae was flying home to Colorado when she allegedly put her hands on the TSA agent at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, Arizona.
Police said she is accused of grabbing the agent's 'left breast through her clothing and squeezing and twisting it with both hands without the victim's permission'.
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Strange behaviour: Yukari Mihamae is accused of grabbing a female TSA agent's left breast while at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, Arizona
Officers said that Mihamae resisted arrest, but has admitted the offence.
A man who lives next door to Mihamae in Longmont said: 'For her to be arrested for anything is totally shocking to me.
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We decided to continue our study of the Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine. Below is a list of law review articles on the subject for those who wish to research it further. We intend to compile a library of articles on the subject and post it on this website using the list below. Those of you who are able to locate and download the pdfs of these articles, please consider posting them to this thread as attachments to save us research time:
1. 102 Harv. L. Rev. 4 (1988-1989)
Foreword: Unconstitutional Conditions, State Power, and the Limits of Consent ; Epstein, Richard A.
2. 70 B.U. L. Rev. 593 (1990)
Why the Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine is an Anachronism (with Particular Reference to Religion, Speech, and Abortion); Sunstein, Cass R.
3. 54 Cal. L. Rev. 443 (1966)
Unconstitutional Conditions: Welfare Benefits with Strings Attached; O'Neil, Robert M.
4. 77 U. Pa. L. Rev. 879 (1928-1929)
Unconstitutional Conditions; Merrill, Maurice H.
5. 26 San Diego L. Rev. 337 (1989)
Is There an Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine; Sunstein, Cass R.
6. 65 Notre Dame L. Rev. 165 (1989-1990)
Debtor as Modern Day Peon: A Problem of Unconstitutional Conditions; Gross, Karen
7. 72 Denv. U. L. Rev. 989 (1994-1995)
Too Hard: Unconstitutional Conditions and the Chimera of Constitutional Consistency; Schauer, Frederick
8. 26 San Diego L. Rev. 255 (1989)
Unconstitutional Conditions: Unrecognized Implications for the Establishment Clause; McConnell, Michael W.
9. 4 Cornell J. L. and Pub. Pol'y. 460 (1994-1995)
Supreme Court and Unconstitutional Conditions: Federalism and Individual Rights; Choper, Jesse H.
10. 26 San Diego L. Rev. 289 (1989)
Offers, Threats, and Unconstitutional Conditions; Simons, Kenneth W.
11. 55 Vand. L. Rev. 693 (2002)
Commercial Speech and the Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine: A Second Look at the Greater Includes the Lesser; Berman, Mitchell N.
12. 55 Alb. L. Rev. 605 (1991-1992)
Governmental Interets and Unconstitutional Conditions Law: A Case Study in Categorization and Balancing; Sullivan, Kathleen M.
13. 1970 Wis. L. Rev. 450 (1970)
Unconstitutional Conditions on Welfare Eligibility; Redlich, Allen
14. 33 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 913 (2005-2006)
Another View of the Quagmire: Unconstitutional Conditions and Contract Theory; Farber, Daniel A.
15. 39 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 97 (1988-1989)
Doctrine of Unconstitutional Conditions and the First Amendment, The; Fuhr, Edward J.
16. 72 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 128 (1981)
Systemic Coercion: Unconstitutional Conditions in the Criminal Law; Abrams, Howard E.
17. 72 Denv. U. L. Rev. 971 (1994-1995)
Making Conditions Constitutional by Attaching Them to Welfare: The Dangers of Selective Contextual Ignorance of the Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine; Nice, Julie A.
18. 72 Denv. U. L. Rev. 1011 (1994-1995)
Justifying a Search for a Unifying Theory of Unconstitutional Conditions; Corrada, Roberto L.
19. 65 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 247 (1990)
Government Benefits: A New Look at an Old Gifthorse; Wald, Patricia M.
20. 102 Harv. L. Rev. 1413 (1988-1989) , Unconstitutional Conditions; Sullivan, Kathleen M.
21. Columbia law Review. Vol. XXXV, March 1935, No. 3: Unconstitutional Conditions and Constitutional Rights
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Play It Again, Sam – Why
Obama Can't Be Impeached
By Devvy
7-15-11
Rage continues to build across this country over the obvious forged birth certificate Barry Soetoro, aka Barack Obama, released April 27, 2011, as do calls for his impeachment. However, Obama cannot be impeached.
Let me quote Dr. Edwin Vieira, who wrote about this back in December 2008 before Obama was “sworn” into office:
If Obama is not “a natural born Citizen” or has renounced such citizenship, he is simply not eligible for “the Office of President” (Article II, Section 1, Clause 4). That being so, he cannot be “elected” by the voters, by the Electoral College, or by the House of Representatives (see Amendment XII). For neither the voters, nor the Electors, nor members of the House can change the constitutional requirement, even by unanimous vote inter sese (see Article V). If, nonetheless, the voters, the Electors, or the members of the House purport to “elect” Obama, he will be nothing but a usurper, because the Constitution defines him as such. And he can never become anything else, because a usurper cannot gain legitimacy if even all of the country aid, abets, accedes to, or acquiesces in his usurpation.
If Obama dares to take the Presidential “Oath or Affirmation” of office, knowing that he is not “a natural born Citizen,” he will commit the crime of perjury or false swearing (see Article II, Section 1, Clause 7). For, being ineligible for “the Office of President,” he cannot “faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States,” or even execute it at all, to any degree. Thus, his very act of taking the “Oath or Affirmation” will be a violation thereof! So, even if the chief justice of the Supreme Court himself looks the other way and administers the “Oath or Affirmation,” Obama will derive no authority whatsoever from it.
Third, his purported “Oath or Affirmation” being perjured from the beginning, Obama's every subsequent act in the usurped “Office of President” will be a criminal offense under Title 18, United States Code, Section 242.
If Obama does become an usurper posturing as “the President,” Congress cannot even impeach him because, not being the actual President, he cannot be “removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors” (see Article II, Section 4).
For those who think Dr. Vieira Jr., Ph.D., J.D., is just some run-of-the-mill attorney, let me give you a very condensed bio: He holds four degrees from Harvard. For more than 30 years he has practiced law, with emphasis on constitutional issues. In the Supreme Court of the United States, he successfully argued or briefed the cases leading to the landmark decisions Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, Chicago Teachers Union v. Hudson and Communications Workers of America v. Beck. His two volume tome, “Pieces of Eight: The Monetary Powers and Disabilities of the United States Constitution,” is the most comprehensive study in existence of American monetary law and history viewed from a constitutional perspective.
Despite all the noise out there by Obama's supporters, it is crystal clear the putative president was born with dual citizenship and is forever ineligible to be president.
Obama seized the office of president through fraud. As a usurper, he's never held office. That's what the word usurp means: to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right. Since he legally has never occupied the White House as president, he cannot be impeached.
Now, when I have pointed this out countless times to groups demanding impeachment, I get this response: I don't care we just have to get him out.
Those are people who proudly proclaim they only want to see the U.S. Constitution upheld. Those are people who state unequivocally that the usurper was never eligible to run because he's not a natural born citizen under the U.S. Constitution.
You can't have it both ways. In essence, what those folks are saying is we can do the same thing as Obama and his coconspirators: circumvent the Constitution.
But, the usurper has committed crimes while in office! Indeed, he has and continues to do so. Knowing he was not eligible to run, the putative president solicited campaign donations to the tune of about $700 million dollars. He can still be indicted for wire fraud.
Those who demand his impeachment are asking to set one of the worst legal precedents in our history: Any constitutionally ineligible thug can come along and buy his way into the White House. We'll just impeach him later!
To impeach would also accomplish this: Every piece of legislation he's signed into law would remain on the books. Let me quote Dr. Vieira one more time:
“Perhaps most importantly, Congress can pass no law while an usurper pretends to occupy “the Office of President.” The Constitution provides that “[e]very Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the UnitedStates” (Article I, Section 7, Clause 2). Not to a usurper posturing as “the President of the United States,” but to the true and rightful President. If no such true and rightful President occupies the White House, no “Bill” will or can, “before it become a Law, be presented to [him].” If no “Bill” is so presented, no “Bill” will or can become a “Law.” And any purported “Law” that the usurper “approve
” and “sign,” or that Congress passes over the usurper's “Objections,” will be a nullity. Thus, if Obama deceitfully “enters office” as an usurper, Congress will be rendered effectively impotent for as long as it acquiesces in his pretenses as “President.”Besides removing a usurper from office,thatshould be our second-highest consideration and why the outlaw Congress hasn't moved against him. All 535 of them allowed this to happen, and now it's gone so far; they don't have the courage to take on the mess they've made.
The usurper can be indicted once out of office, but how to get him out? Please take the time to read my column on that process.Will he ever be indicted for his crimes? With enough public pressure, it can happen because his handlers would simply throw him under the bus as a liability.
There will be a massive push to keep the putative president off the ballot in dozens of states. It will come from candidates who understand the process discussed in my column above. Mark my words, what's coming will be a nightmare for the DNC and Obama's handlers. Time is running out for them to find another viable candidate; something will have to give.
One way or the other, Obama's crimes are going to catch up with him, but please stop working toward setting the wrong legal precedent. It's beyond frustrating, I know, but either we live our words in supporting the U.S. Constitution or we take the wrong road opening the door for another ineligible candidate with enough money and corrupt individuals behind him to seize the office of president.
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JB,
Welcome back!
Some responses to your last two posts:
1. You say:
Quote:4.) “nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”Again, the “person” referred to is the Federal citizen. Notice that it says “within its jurisdiction” instead of “subject to”. This is because a 14th Amendment citizen of the United States is completely subject to the UNITED STATES and when citizens of the United States are “within” the jurisdiction of the states of the union, they shall be treated as equals to white federal citizens (those white men born in and residing in Federal zones).
You quoted out of context. The passage is preceded by “No STATE”, not the “United States”. The Fourteenth Amendment is NOT referring to being within the jurisdiction of the “United States” GOVERNMENT, but rather of a Constitutional but not statutory “State”:
Quote:No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.2. You state:
Quote:1.) “are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.”So a person born in the District of Columbia and residing in the District of Columbia is only a citizen of the United States and not a citizen of the state wherein they reside, because D.C. is not a “state”. How can one be a citizen of the “United States”(allegedly meaning states of the Union), but not even a citizen of a state?
A person born in the District of Columbia derives statutory “nationality” through acts of Congress rather than through the Fourteenth Amendment and therefore is a “national” through legislation RATHER than through the operation of the Constitution ONLY within Constitutional states of the Union. That person is ALSO among the few parties who are the statutory “citizen and national of the United States” described in 8 USC 1401.
Quote:TITLE 8 > CHAPTER 12 > SUBCHAPTER III > Part I > § 1401
§ 1401. Nationals and citizens of United States at birth
The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth:
(a) a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof;
[SOURCE: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode08/usc_sec_08_00001401—-000-.html]
The U.S. Supreme Court confirmed this when it held:
Quote:“The 1st section of the 14th article [Fourteenth Amendment], to which our attention is more specifically invited, opens with a definition of citizenship—not only citizenship of the United States[***], but citizenship of the states. No such definition was previously found in the Constitution, nor had any attempt been made to define it by act of Congress. It had been the occasion of much discussion in the courts, by the executive departments and in the public journals. It had been said by eminent judges that no man was a citizen of the United States[***] except as he was a citizen of one of the states composing the Union. Those therefore, who had been born and resided always in the District of Columbia or in the territories, though within the United States- , were not citizens.
”
[Slaughter-House Cases, 83 U.S. (16 Wall.) 36, 21 L.Ed. 394 (1873)]3. You state:
Quote:Status of citizenship of United States is privilege, and Congress is free to attach any preconditions to its attainment that it deems fit and proper. In re Thanner, D.C.Colo.1966, 253 F.Supp. 283. See, also, Boyd v. Nebraska, Neb.1892, 12 S.Ct. 375, 143 U.S. 162, 36 L.Ed. 103; Application of Bernasconi, D.C.Cal.1953, 113 F.Supp. 71; In re Martinez, D.C.Pa.1947, 73 F.Supp. 101; U.S. v. Morelli, D.C.Cal.1943, 55 F.Supp. 181; In re De Mayo, D.C.Mo.1938, 26 F.Supp. 696; State v. Boyd, 1892, 51 N.W. 602, 31 Neb. 682.They obviously can ONLY be talking above about STATUTORY citizenship, but they are HOPING that you ALSO believe it implies nationality, even though it does not and cannot. STATUTORY citizenship is based on domicile within exclusive federal jurisdiction. CONSTITUTIONAL citizenship implies being a “national” within statutes RATHER than a “citizen” and does NOT relate to domicile. The term “subject to THE jurisdiction” means political jurisdiction, which means NATIONALITY. The term “subject to ITS jurisdiction” means DOMICILE in federal statutes RATHER than nationality.
As pointed out in U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark, TWO factors must be employed to determine one's CIVIL/STATUTORY status: DOMICILE and NATIONALITY.
Quote:In Udny v. Udny (1869) L. R. 1 H. L. Sc. 441, the point decided was one of inheritance, depending upon the question whether the domicile of the father was in England or in Scotland, he being in either alternative a British subject. Lord Chancellor Hatherley said: 'The question of naturalization and of allegiance is distinct from that of domicile.' Page 452. Lord Westbury, in the passage relied on by the counsel for the United States, began by saying: 'The law of England, and of almost all civilized countries, ascribes to each individual at his birth two distinct legal states or conditions,—one by virtue of which he becomes the subject [NATIONAL] of some particular country, binding him by the tie of natural allegiance, and which may be called his political status; another by virtue of which he has ascribed to him the character of a citizen of some particular country, and as such is possessed of certain municipal rights, and subject to certain obligations, which latter character is the civil status or condition of the individual, and may be quite different from his political status.' And then, while maintaining that the civil status is universally governed by the single principle of domicile (domicilium), the criterion established by international law for the purpose of determining civil status, and the basis on which 'the personal rights of the party—that is to say, the law which determines his majority or minority, his marriage, succession, testacy, or intestacy— must depend,' he yet distinctly recognized that a man's political status, his country (patria), and his 'nationality,—that is, natural allegiance,'—'may depend on different laws in different countries.' Pages 457, 460. He evidently used the word 'citizen,' not as equivalent to 'subject,' but rather to 'inhabitant'; and had no thought of impeaching the established rule that all persons born under British dominion are natural-born subjects.[United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649, 18 S.Ct. 456, 42 L.Ed. 890 (1898) ;
SOURCE: http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3381955771263111765%5D
So:
1. The Constitution is a POLITICAL and not a LEGAL document. It therefore determines your POLITICAL status rather than your LEGAL/STATUTORY status.
2. Nationality determines your POLITICAL STATUS and whether you are a “subject” of the country. By “subject”, we me “subject to THE jurisdiction” rather than “subject to ITS jurisdiction”.
3. DOMICILE determines your CIVIL and LEGAL and STATUTORY status. It DOES NOT determine your POLITICAL status or nationality. It is associated with being “subject to ITS jurisdiction”.
4. Being a constitutional “citizen” per the Fourteenth Amendment is associated with nationality, not domicile.
5. Allegiance is associated with nationality, not domicile. Allegiance is what makes one a “subject” of a country. By “subject” we mean “subject to THE jurisdiction”.
6. Your personal and municipal rights, meaning CONSTITUTIONAL rights, associate with your choice of legal domicile, not your nationality or what country you are a subject of or have allegiance to.
7. Being a statutory “citizen” is associated with domicile, not nationality, because it is associated with being an inhabitant RATHER than a “subject”. Those with a domicile in the statutory United States, meaning federal zone, are “subject to ITS jurisdiction” where “its” refers to the “United States” and NOT a constitutional “State”.
In conclusion:
We don't think we are missing any boat. YOU are the one missing the boat because like so many deluded Fourteenth Amendment conspiracy theorists before you, you fail to understand the CONTEXT in which “words of art” are being used: STATUTORY v. CONSTITUTIONAL. Understanding context is the last legal skill that develops in the maturation process and you don't appear to have reached that point yet.
Nevertheless, thanks for sharing your concerns because if you are confused, chances are that MANY others who will read this post are even more confused because your level of knowledge is higher than most.