We are all obligated to support our Constitution as the "Law of the Land" as per Article VI.
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Most Americans don't swear to support the Constitution, so I don't understand you here. Obligated how?
We have the freedom to live here and not support the "principles of the Constitution", or to have even heard of them.
119 secret agent
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Heres how Jon Roland explains it:
"--- Upon establishment of the [Constitutional] social contract, the natural right of what in the state of nature would be self defense is transformed into the duty to defend the state and the constitution, including oneself as a member of the state.
Defense of the state and the constitution includes defense against threats of all kinds, including invasion or attack, insurrection, criminal acts, natural or manmade disasters, or public ignorance or apathy.
The duty to defend the state and the constitution entails the right to acquire the means and the skills to exercise that duty, including the skills of the soldier, the policeman, and the fire and rescue worker, to be organized to act alone or in concert with others to exercise those skills to meet any threat that may arise, and the power to exercise those skills and use those means, alone or in concert with others, with or without official direction or participation.
In a republic, all citizens are soldiers, policemen, and fire and rescue workers, with the default rank of private.
Delegation of official powers to agents of government is the conferring of higher rank to those persons, and persons of lesser rank are subject to the lawful orders of persons of higher rank when persons of higher rank are present and exercising their authority legally and effectively.
If not, their rank ceases and highest rank devolves on the person present who most effectively represents that authority, whatever his previous status. A citizen with the default rank of private also outranks any person who is acting in violation of law, for the rank of lawbreakers is lower than that of private, whatever their previous status.
A citizen not only has the duty to obey the law, but to help enforce it, within his ability, and to do what he can to prepare himself and others to do so.
In a constitutional republic, the constitution is the supreme law, superior to all other public acts, whether by officials or private citizens. Any statute, regulation, executive order, or court ruling which is inconsistent with that supreme law and not derived from it is unconstitutional and null and void from inception. --- "
Declaration of Constitutional Principles
Address:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1361981/posts 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