Posted on 03/17/2012 12:12:53 PM PDT by jmaroneps37
What did the Founders mean by “pretended legislation” in the Declaration of Independence?
Are things different today in our lust for power? It usually boils down to greed and the love of money. We don’t need a bombastic oration by a President or statesman who has drifted far from his or her solemn oath to protect and defend the Constitution.
The Declaration laments of the king: “He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation.”
Combined with others: In any form of government, there will always be interests competing for security of position and a piece of the pie.
Corporations, unions, currency manipulators, speculators, academicians, lawyers and others of despotic mind all jockey for power and money. How many seek justifiable profit by producing useful goods and services in a truly capitalistic system?
Most of us are primarily interested in pursuing careers, raising families, enjoying life and making meaningful contributions to society with our gifts and talents.
We elect representatives to keep passions and usuries under control. An arena of fair play where all may have the opportunity to prosper does not include selected privileges.
No guarantees, just the opportunity to win or lose and try again within “the laws of Nature and Nature’s God” reflected in the Constitution Jurisdiction foreign to our constitution:
There are groups and individuals in all three branches of government and their bureaucracies that believe our Constitution is outdated or dead. Even some past and present Supreme Court justices look to international law and the constitutions of various other nations for something new and more capable of manipulation.
That explains why they hate the Declaration, the moral, spiritual and philosophical
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