Posted by Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S. on September 02, 1998 at 22:58:47:
In Reply to: Re: Does our governmet still represent and serve State Citizens??? posted by MARTIN on September 02, 1998 at 11:45:46:
The notion that there are no Union states
is hogwash.
A federal judge just ruled that Texas
is a Union state.
If anything, a plastic "overlay" has been
constructed to create a second layer of
corporate, federal States [sic], which operate
as municipal subdivisions of D.C.,
under the Territory Clause (see Art. IV).
However, this attempt to impose foreign
law within the several states, could
never have abolished the several states,
because such an attempt is unconstitutional:
the several states are NOT territories
of the United States (federal government).
Only the several states could authorize
such a fundamental change in state/federal
relations, and no such amendment has ever
been proposed. Instead, the plastic overlay
was accomplished by fraud.
See 31 CFR 51.2 and 52.2 for proof.
The Reconstruction Acts were dealt with
nicely in Dyett v. Turner.
/s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S.