Time: Fri Dec 05 01:52:26 1997 To: heritage-l@gate.net From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Focus of the Southern Activist Cc: Bcc: sls References: One key which has unlocked a wealth of insight for us here, is to construct the Guarantee Clause properly. The United States (federal government) is NOT required to guarantee a Republican Form of Government to itself, but only to the several states of the Union. Thus, all federal citizens (aka citizens of the United States) are necessarily associated with a jurisdiction which does not enjoy the same fundamental protections provided by the U.S. Constitution. Although this is an obvious violation of the principle of equal protection, the case of Downes v. Bidwell basically held that the Constitution of the United States, as such, does NOT extend beyond the limits of the states which are united by and under it. We develop this theme thoroughly in Gilbertson's OPENING BRIEF, now loaded in the Supreme Law Library, at the URL just below my name here. The main problem with Downes, in a nutshell, is that Congress cannot legislate for the federal zone, if the Constitution does not extend into that zone. Reductio ad absurdum. Please help yourself. That library is Free, even though it has taken a monumental effort, and much sacrifice, to reach this point. /s/ Paul Mitchell, Candidate for Congress http://supremelaw.com At 12:19 AM 12/5/97 -0500, you wrote: >Gentlemen: > >I will be very direct about this. The Cause of my Confederate forebears >is now my Goal as a Southern activist: TO RESTORE BY ALL HONOURABLE >MEANS A FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOVEREIGN STATES AS GIVEN TO US BY THE >AMERICAN FOUNDERS AND DEFENDED BY OUR GALLANT ANCESTORS. > >The shortest route to this goal is not a straight line. There are many >important works that must be done along the way. But if this goal is not >the centerpiece of our activism and if there is not a sense of urgency >about reaching it, in time we will find that decorating graves and >defending flags was a waste of time. > >Doug Smith >Tennessee > >
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