Time: Tue Aug 12 14:45:28 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA04272; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 14:41:44 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 17:41:00 -0400 Originator: heritage-l@gate.net From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] To: pmitch@primenet.com Subject: SLS: What is your country? My "country" is Arizona, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 297, where Congress refers to the several states as "countries" and also as "freely associated compact states". I live in Arizona country. The Guarantee Clause is now being actively litigated in Gilbertson's appeal to the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis. If you read it very carefully, you will discover that the United States (federal government) is obligated to guarantee a Republican Form of Government to the several states, but it is NOT obligated to guarantee such a Form to itself. Thus, Congress has been free to create a legislative democracy within the federal zone, and among the subjects of that zone. All federal citizens (a/k/a "citizens of the United States") are subject to the municipal jurisdiction of the federal zone, because citizenship is a term of municipal law. So, to summarize, the state zone is guaranteed a Republican Form of Government, but the federal zone is not required to be Republican in Form. For this reason, Congress has exploited this construction of the Guarantee Clause to create a democracy for the people and land over which Congress has exclusive legislative jurisdiction. See Downes v. Bidwell, Harlan dissenting, 1901. His prescient words are quoted in "The Lawless Rehnquist" in the Supreme Law Library at the URL just below my name here: Sincerely, /s/ Paul Mitchell http://www.supremelaw.com >>Greetings Brothers and Sisters, >> >>I have a question I would like for each of you to think about and give me >>an answer too. >> >>Do we live in a Democracy or a Republic? Think about this carefully. Your >>response will be posted so others can think about your opinion and respond. >> >> >>Many thanks, >> >>Brenda Roberts >>Political Director of Sky Searchers >>UFO Observer for Georgia ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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