Posted on 10/30/2021 2:54:59 AM PDT by Libloather
If the Constitution were construed in accordance with its plain and intended meaning, there would be no question but that every member of Congress who is a self-described socialist would be ineligible to hold federal or state legislative, executive, and judicial office. Among self-avowed socialists serving in Congress are Democratic Socialists of America members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; Rashida Tlaib; Cori Bush; and Jamaal Bowman. Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar likewise describe themselves as “democratic socialists.” None is eligible to be in office under Article VI, Clause 3 of the Constitution. Moreover, legislators, executives, and jurists on the state and local level who are self-avowed socialists are likewise constitutionally ineligible to hold their offices under Article VI, Clause 3 and under Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution. In a just world, those provisions would be honored in consistent observance; the Republican Form of government would be protected, as the Founding Fathers expressly intended.
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When socialists or communists purport to swear or affirm their support for the Constitution they are committing perjury. They consciously support a system of government antithetical to, and one which cannot co-exist with, the Republican Form created by the Constitution; they cannot support socialism or communism and likewise support the Constitution. The swearing in ceremonies for self-avowed socialist members of Congress and state and local office holders are invalid acts of fraud, corrosive to a basic protection for that government to which the American people consented, the Republican Form.
Socialism defines a government in which all means of production, distribution, and exchange are either owned or regulated by the state. Communism defines a government in which all property (even the body of the person) is owned by the state. Socialism and communism are antithetical to, and cannot co-exist with...
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Agree. His citations are without merit.
Our governing form is thoroughly republican. We directly elect reps and senators and indirectly elect presidents.
The problem is too much of the democratic element. Our Framers were well aware of tyranny through democracy.
It why the 17th Amendment must go.
Exactly !
Socialism and communism are conspiracies to kill, rob, and deprive rights under the color of law and should be prosecuted as such.
RICO should be applied as applicable.
The First Wookie... LOL! That's true... I remember that.
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