"In short: a ‘conspiracy’ of silence."
Ignoring any portion of the Constitution is equivalent to ignoring all of it. It is not now, nor ever has been a "pick and choose" document. The document itself in Article Six says:
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding."
Another passage from Article Four, Section four says:
"Section 4 - Republican government The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence."
Now, what does this passage mean to you? To me it means that we as a nation are a "representative republic" whereby our wishes and demands are represented by someone who "represents" them on our behalf. This passage "guarantees" to every state that we will be "represented". Think about this guarantee for a moment. Are we being represented, if our legislator is absent during votes? Are we being represented if our legislator doesn't know the content of that which he cast votes for or against? What's the difference? This goes beyond just the oath of office because now this "guarantee" is also being compromised.
Believe it or not, I took your advice and Article Four, Section Four, jumped out at me!
... And I did a little research, as follows:
Republic (n)
1: a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and is usually a president; also: a nation or other political unit having such a government
2: a government in which supreme power is held by the citizens entitled to VOTE and is exercised by elected officers and representatives governing according to LAW; also: a nation or other political unit having such a form of government(Emphases Mine)
Notice #2: The SUPREME POWER of 'The Citizens' is transfered by the agency of the citizens VOTE to Officers and REPRESENTATIVES who then become empowered to govern -- on behalf of the citizens -- according to LAW.
Now once we EMPOWER the aforementioned REPRESENTATIVES to govern on our behalf, through the agency of our VOTE; the most obvious way to dis-empower them, is ALSO, though the agency of our vote.
I also found this little "gem" as follows:
GUARANTEE OF REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT
The first clause of this section, in somewhat different language, was contained in the Virginia Plan introduced in the Convention and was obviously attributable to Madison. 321 Through the various permutations into its final form, 322 the object of the clause seems clearly to have been more than an authorization for the Federal Government to protect States against foreign invasion or internal insurrection, 323 a power seemingly already conferred in any case. 324 No one can now resurrect the full meaning of the clause and intent which moved the Framers to adopt it, but with the exception of the reliance for a brief period during Reconstruction the authority contained within the confines of the clause has been largely unexplored. 325
In Luther v. Borden, 326 the Supreme Court established the doctrine that questions arising under this section are political, not judicial, in character and that "it rests with Congress to decide what government is the established one in a State . . . as well as its republican character..."
So -- according to the Supreme Court -- CONGRESS must GUARANTEE: A Republican form of Government.
The KEY word here is GUARANTEE.
So my question is this:
What LAWS have Congress passed in order to "guarantee" a Republican Form of Government?
Who will oversee this "GUARANTEE" if the Supreme Court won't!
THE AMERICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT (copy and past)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DioQooFIcgE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fingodwetrustblog%2Ecom%2F2009%2F03%2F28%2Fa%2Dconstitutional%2Drepublic%2Dor%2Da%2Ddemocracy%2F&feature=player_embedded
Excerpt:
When Ben Franklin exited the constitutional convention he was asked by a woman:
'Sir, what have you given us?'
He replied 'A Republic Ma am, if you can keep it'
Apparently, the burden is on "We the People" to restore the republic, before it's too late!
We must keep the issue of Obama's hiding his citizenship status -- in plain sight of The United States Congress -- alive!
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