secretagent wrote:
We have the freedom to live here and not support the "principles of the Constitution", or to have even heard of them.
Constitutional duties of persons [ALL residents] under U.S. or State jurisdiction:
(1) To obey laws that are constitutional and applied within their proper jurisdiction and according to their intent.
(2) To comply with the terms of legal contracts to which one is a party.
(3) To tell the truth under oath.
Constitutional duties of citizens [born or naturalized] under U.S. or State jurisdiction:
(1) To preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution.
(2) To help enforce laws and practices that are constitutional and applied within their proper jurisdiction and according to their intent, and to resist those which are not.
(3) To serve on juries, and to render verdicts according to the constitutionality, jurisdiction, and applicability of statute and common law, and the facts of the case.
Constitutional duties of able-bodied citizens under U.S. or State jurisdiction:
(1) To defend the U.S. or State, individually and through service in the Militia.
(2) To keep and bear arms.
(3) To exercise general police powers to defend the community and enforce the laws, subject to legal orders of higher-ranking officials when present.
Jon Roland
Constitutional Rights, Powers and Duties
Address:
http://www.constitution.org/powright.htm