From the Constitution itself, Article VI [six] means that there is no authority higher than the Constitution, and that all Judges, all legislators elected to Congress, all Presidents, all of the Justice Dept, and all law enforcement are duty bound to abide by it, to uphold it, defend it, fight for it. Here are the actual words of :
Article VI: "All debts contracted and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation. This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."
I am also including the actual words of the Amendments that the NSA spy network has violated by stealing phone numbers, emails, content, phone calls, text messages, sms messages, metadata [the info the cell phone carriers and telcos have on your account including the UDID of your devices and or computers [the unique identifier number that pinpoints your phone anywhere in world as yours]. All of this is much in the news and I have tweeted about it in depth on several of my twitter accounts.
The first amendment gives U S citizens the right to worship GOD, to tell others about our faith, to write or publish our thoughts, words, beliefs in any form, in any place in the U S; and the liberty to associate with those we want to associate with and not associate with those we do not want to associate with; and the right to protest the government peacefully. In other words the U S government cannot compel us as citizens to become atheists, or to change our faith in any way, nor compel us to forsake or renounce our faith. The actual words are:
AMENDMENT I
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
Amendment two is the right to arm ourselves as law-abiding citizens for the protection of our lives, homes [property] and our families, and to defend ourselves against tyrannical abuse of government power. The actual words are:
AMENDMENT II
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed".
Amendment four {IV} is the right to be secure in our [all citizens of US} dwellings and our personal belongings without the government breaking into those or stealing from us anything that belongs lawfully to us. It states that the governments must go before a Judge in a court of law, present their reasons to a Judge for why they want to search a place or person and defining what they are looking for, why they are looking for it, why they suspect the person they want to search. This amendment has been totally trampled in the ground by Obama's spy network. But I am not quitting the fight to save the civil liberties of all citizens and therefore I am posting these here to educate you. The actual words are:
AMENDMENT IV
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized".
Amendment five [V] includes the PROLIFE statement that in the US humans are not killed by acts of government [including acts of Congress or the Supreme Court attempting to "legalize' slaughter of tiny innocents in the wombs of their mothers] unless there was "due process". Due process means all the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and the amendments to it, including the right to a jury trial, the right to question witnesses, the right to defend yourself, the right to advice by a lawyer, the right to know what you are accused of, the right to know what evidence there is against you, the right to appeal(s). Of course, prolifers such as I am, want to secure these due process rights for the preborn humans also. The actual words are:
AMENDMENT V
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
Also, I think those last twelve words of Amendment five are also critical because they are supposed to prevent the governments from seizing any property or information that benefits only the government as the Obama administration is doing every time they seize information from U S citizens without due process or without a warrant signed by a Judge, or without just cause. The U S government has no authority to seize the intellectual property of its citizens.
My explanations are intended to be simple, plain English so any one could understand. My words are not a lawyer's explanation. I am not a lawyer, but I studied the U S Constitution at the University of Georgia for 3 months as course work for a degree there, [years ago].
Thomas Jefferson wrote: " The people of every country are the only guardians of their own rights, and are the only instruments which can be used for their destruction. It is an axiom in my mind that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction." [end quote of Jefferson].
Educate yourselves on what your liberties are, and fight for them with words, with money as contributions to the causes embodied in the Constitution, and if need be, with weapons [to protect yourselves and your children]. Do not let the United States slip from history into the dustbin.
Gloria Poole; aka gloriapoole; owner, creator of the original words that WORK in the state of Georgia in the year 1993; written by me Gloria Poole at my apt in Missouri; 19 June-2013; @ 6:09pm I had to log back in a few minutes later when I realized I had not put quotes on all quotes. That was not intentional. I thought I had until I looked at it again. You should Google the Constitution and read it until you understand it thoroughly. I reference the Cornell University Law School copy on the web. I think the University of Georgia has a copy of the Constitution in its rare documents but I don't think they have put it online. Gloria
