Are You a “Good” American? (legal, lawyers, holidays, highway)

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Are You a “Good” American?
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Test your knowledge
Of the following, which are based on (a) securing rights, or (b) governing those who consent?
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1. Prosecuting deliberate injuries to the person, liberty or property of another
2. Prohibiting alcohol sales on Sundays and religious holidays
3. Mandatory civic duties
4. Repelling invaders
5. Adjudicating disputes over accidental injury or breach of contract
6. Public pensions
7. Licenses
8. Public charity (gifts from the public treasury)
9. Rescuing those in distress
10. Voting and holding public office
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Ans: 1a, 2b, 3b, 4a, 5a, 6b, 7b, 8b, 9a, 10b

[G1..]

I am a Great American but the questions you asked have been discussed around our kitchen table for years ,three uncles and four cousins who are lawyers ad in inlaws who are rather high up in the Federal goverment so I most likely have more than not discussed these issues before.

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Originally Posted by G1..

I am a Great American but the questions you asked have been discussed around our kitchen table for years ,three uncles and four cousins who are lawyers ad in inlaws who are rather high up in the Federal goverment so I most likely have more than not discussed these issues before.

How did you score?

[G1..]

Ten

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- - - ENDOWMENTS - - -

Declaration of Independence (1776) says: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

NATURAL RIGHTS - ... are the rights of life, liberty, privacy, and good reputation.
- - - Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Ed., p. 1324

NATURAL LIBERTY - The power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, unless by the law of nature. The right which nature gives to all mankind of disposing of their persons and property after the manner in which they judge most consistent with their happiness, on condition of their acting within the limits of the law of nature, and so as not to interfere in the equal exercise of the same rights by other men. 1 Blackstone's Commentaries, 123,
- - - Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth edition, p. 919.

"PRIVATE PROPERTY - As protected from being taken for public uses, is such property as belongs absolutely to an individual, and of which he has the exclusive right of disposition. Property of a specific, fixed and tangible nature, capable of being in possession and transmitted to another, such as houses, lands, and chattels."
- - - Black's Law dictionary, sixth ed., p.1217.

" PERSONAL LIBERTY, or the Right to enjoyment of life and liberty, is one of the fundamental or natural Rights, which has been protected by its inclusion as a guarantee in the various constitutions, which is not derived from, or dependent on, the U.S. Constitution, which may not be submitted to a vote and may not depend on the outcome of an election. It is one of the most sacred and valuable Rights, as sacred as the Right to private property ... and is regarded as inalienable."
- - - 16 Corpus Juris Secundum , Constitutional Law, Sect.202, p.987.

" PERSONAL LIBERTY largely consists of the Right of locomotion to go where and when one pleases only so far restrained as the Rights of others may make it necessary for the welfare of all other citizens. The Right of the Citizen to travel upon the public highways and to transport his property thereon, by horsedrawn carriage, wagon, or automobile, is not a mere privilege which may be permitted or prohibited at will, but the common Right which he has under his Right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Under this Constitutional guarantee one may, therefore, under normal conditions, travel at his inclination along the public highways or in public places, and while conducting himself in an orderly and decent manner, neither interfering with nor disturbing another's Rights, he will be protected, not only in his person, but in his safe conduct."
- - - II Am.Jur. (1st) Constitutional Law, Sect.329, p.1135.

INHERENT POWERS. Those which are enjoyed by the possessors of NATURAL RIGHT, without having been received from another. Such are the powers of a people to establish a form of government, of a father to control his children. Some of these are regulated and restricted in their exercise by law, but are not technically considered in the law as powers.
- - - Black's Law dictionary, sixth ed., P.1170

Americans are endowed with SACRED / INHERENT / INALIENABLE RIGHTS which include but are not limited to natural rights and liberties (natural and personal); inherent powers; absolute ownership of private property, and these endowments are not subject to infringement by servant government, instituted to secure those sacred rights.

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Consent to be governed waives those endowed rights, because citizens have mandatory civic duties that abrogate the endowed rights to life, liberty and property ownership.
Ex: Militia duty - the obligation to train, fight, and die on command. It's been part of the law since 1776.

Since involuntary servitude is unconstitutional and a violation of the republican form, such duties can only devolve from consent of the governed. Ergo, no one can be "born a citizen" and thus obligated to perform mandatory civic duties from birth. One must consent to be a citizen in these united States of America.

Curious that we're not taught this in government approved centers of indoctrination and propaganda.

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When a people forget that they own their country, they lose that country to those who claim ownership.

Pursuant to the Declaration of Independence, Americans have Creator endowed rights to life, liberty, absolute ownership and inherent powers that government was instituted to secure. That means government is not the source of rights, nor liberties, nor inherent powers.

Coincidentally, due to the promise of the republican form of government, wherein the sovereign people (i.e., free inhabitants domiciled upon private property) are secure in their endowment, all constitutions, state or federal, explicitly protect natural rights, natural liberty, personal liberty and absolute ownership of private property.

Yet, “everybody knows” that we must pay an ad valorem tax to own ‘real estate.’
Which means few Americans, if any, know the difference between qualified ownership of estate versus the endowed right to absolutely own private property.

Can’t have it both ways - either Americans have Creator endowed rights to absolutely own - or Americans only have the taxable privilege of qualified ownership, subservient to the State.

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Different Questionnaire

[1] Do you have (A) A right to life, endowed by your Creator or (B) A privilege to live, granted by government?
[2] If you have a right to life, do you also have the right to do any and all harmless acts in support of that right to life? (C) Yes, (D) No.
[3] What are Americans guaranteed: (E) a constitutionally limited indirect democracy or (F) a republican form of government?
[4] Are American governments instituted to (G) infringe, tax, or regulate rights, or (H) secure rights?
[5] Can American governments infringe rights other than in the pursuit of justice or by consent? (I) Yes, (J) No.
[6] American governments secure rights by prosecuting deliberate injury to the person, liberty or property of another, and adjudicating disputes. (K) True, (L) False.
[7] If American governments can only govern those who consent, can a majority consent for a minority? (M) Yes, (N) No.
[8] In the republican form of government, the people are : (O) obedient subjects of the sovereign government, or (P) sovereigns, served -not ruled- by government.
[9] That which is absolutely owned by an individual is (Q) private property or (R) estate.
[10] An inhabitant has a permanent legal home, also known as a (S) legal residence or (T) domicile.
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Answers: A,C,F,H,J,K,N,P,Q,T.

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Which wing are you flapping?
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:-:-: Politics in a soundbite :-:-:
★ Republican form = "What's yours is yours, what's mine is mine, don't trespass."
★ Every other form = "What's yours is mine, so shut up, sit down, pay and obey."

[sonnymarkjiz]

No, but I am a real American.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKJDAVvs_JA

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REPUBLICAN FORM

GOVERNMENT (Republican Form of Government)- One in which the powers of sovereignty are vested in the people and are exercised by the people ... directly...
- - - Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, P. 695

". . . at the Revolution, the sovereignty devolved on the people, and they are truly the sovereigns of the country, but they are sovereigns without subjects, and have none to govern but themselves. . ."
- - - Justice John Jay, Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. 2 Dall. 419 419 (1793)

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremec...CR_0002_0419_Z

DEMOCRATIC FORM

DEMOCRACY - That form of government in which the sovereign power resides in and is exercised by the whole body of free citizens directly or indirectly through a system of representation, as distinguished from monarchy, aristocracy, or oligarchy."
- - - Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, P. 432

SUBJECT - One that owes allegiance to a sovereign and is governed by his laws.
...Men in free governments are subjects as well as citizens; as citizens they enjoy rights and franchises; as subjects they are bound to obey the laws. The term is little used, in this sense, in countries enjoying a republican form of government.
- - - Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, p. 1425

The key distinguishing feature between a republican and democratic form is sovereignty.

In the republican form, the PEOPLE individually are sovereign and directly exercise that power. Their individual endowments are secured by government instituted to secure those rights. They have no subjects. (Nor slaves. Slavery can only exist under the constitutional democratic form, which explains why the Confederacy seceded instead of merely withdrawing consent from the democracy and returning to the republican form.)

In the democratic form, the "whole body of citizens" are subjects of the sovereign government, whose elected officials rule them, and they have no individual sovereignty. Democratic majorities override the individual, so no individual's rights are secure. And citizens are obligated to perform civic duties, so they are subjects - not sovereigns. But they can aspire to high office and rule / govern others who consented to be governed.