Feb
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THE LETTER OF THE LAW: Understanding the Constitution of the United States one letter at a time
Filed Under Articles of Confederation, LEARNING THE LAW, Northwest Ordinance, ORGANIC LAWS
The Constitution of the United States is thought, by those, who have not mastered that devious document, to have established a new government which replaced the former government, the United States of America, which operated under the Articles of Confederation of November 15, 1777. Constitutional law is taught in this nation’s law schools based on this replacement theory that the Constitution of the United States replaced the Articles of Confederation. The same replacement theory is taught in all the public and private schools even though there is no documentary evidence to support it.
The proof the Articles of Confederation still support the original government, the Confederacy called the United States of America, is found in the first Clause of the first Section of the first Article of the Constitution. The letter of the law, which tells us both the Articles of Confederation of November 15, 1777 and the Constitution of the United States continue to be viable Organic Laws of the United States of America, is the letter “a.”
Article I Section 1 Clause 1: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” The letter “a” before “Congress” and “Senate” tells us there is more than one Congress and more than one Senate.
Where will we find the basic components of manmade government? The Organic Laws of the United States of America provide the foundation for the government and the legal basis for the written law. The four Organic Laws are found at the very beginning of the United States Code, the official printing of the written law. The third Organic Law, the Northwest Ordinance of July 13, 1787, announced the formation of a temporary government and property law system for the States which comprise the federal district then known as the Northwest Territory.
A quick search of the Articles of Confederation turns up the “United States in Congress assembled,” the Congress under the Articles of Confederation of November 15, 1777. It will take a little more digging in the Articles of Confederation to find the “Senate” in Article IX and X disguised as the Committee of States.
What have we discovered? We have found the old Congress, the United States in Congress assembled, now called the Senate and a House of Representatives in the Northwest Ordinance of July 13, 1787. Combining these two bodies gives us the Congress of the United States in the first sentence of the Constitution of the United States. The Congress of the United States of America still has no power over the American people and the Congress of the United States is limited to making laws that tax the people on the land in the Northwest Territory still owned by the United States of America.
What have we learned? The shortest word in the English language can change the meaning of an entire document. The letter “a” keeps the Articles of Confederation of November 15, 1777 alive by recognizing the existence of the “United States in Congress assembled” under the Articles of Confederation. To learn more about all the Organic Laws of the United States of America, enroll as a Student in my “Basic Course in Law and Government.” Contact me at edrivera@edrivera.com for more information.
Dr. Eduardo M. Rivera
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