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To: liberty-and-justice@pobox.com
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: "The New Amendment," by Paul Andrew Mitchell
Cc: <Scott.Bergeson@m.cc.utah.edu>
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This is an excellent point. Because the
14th amendment [sic] has been litigated
perhaps more than any other provision of law,
the history books are literally filled
with cases constructing this or that section,
this or that term. It would be best to leave
them where they are, on the shelves of libraries,
all across the land.
The Fourteenth amendment [sic] should stand,
as a monument to colossal errors by Congress,
and as an example of bad law, for all to see,
and study, into a brighter future.
The simplest solution is the best solution.
Confer at "Occam's Razor," in Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary.
What I think a court should do, for now,
is to rule that there are two (2) 13th amendments,
and establish a judicial convention
which appends the date of ratification, e.g.
Thirteenth Amendment (1819)
Thirteenth Amendment (1865)
We have done this in Gilbertson's pleadings,
now before the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals,
in St. Louis, Missouri state. I hope Saint
Louis is helping Us with that one!
Alternatively, we can treat each separate
amendment as a subsection of Article XIII, e.g.
13(a) (1819 text, no sections)
13(b)(1) (1865 text, Section 1)
(b)(2) (1865 text, Section 2)
Although I hate to give it a compliment,
the IRC has an excellent numbering system,
which uses number-letter-number-Letter,
as is done in this example.
Since the Thirteenth Amendment (1865) already has
two "Sections", we had best leave them alone, as
far as their numbers are concerned.
The courts also resort to naming specific
provisions, e.g. Guarantee Clause. Once
we adopt a convention by which to identify
these two amendments, we can dispense
entirely with the numbers, and stay with
the names, e.g.
Slavery Amendment
Title of Nobility Amendment
The matter calls for Congressional legislation, imho,
so that we can have a nationwide standard to which
everyone can refer, particularly the courts, both
state and federal.
These discussions are just the kind of communications,
of which courts take formal judicial notice.
Keep up the good work, everyone! The journey of
a thousand steps, begins with the first step,
great or small.
/s/ Paul Mitchell
http://supremelaw.com
At 07:14 PM 10/13/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Wouldn't this drop all claims to the validity of the Titles
>of Nobility amendment, which appears to be the real 13th
>amendment, as there seems to be little or no dispute that
>the Involuntary Servitude amendment was indeed ratified?
>This amendment, though commonly called the "13th", in
>actuality is probably the 14th. Or is that really the
>"14th" amendment you propose to repeal? In any case, this
>wording is far too ambiguous. Could you perhaps rephrase
>it to refer to amendments [sic] to be repealed by name?
>
>On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, Paul Andrew Mitchell wrote:
>
>> "The New Amendment"
>
>> by
>
>> Paul Andrew Mitchell
>> Counselor at Law
><snip>
>> "Section 2.
>>
>> "The Fourteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth
>> amendments [sic] are hereby repealed.
>
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