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ARTICLE 5 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SEPTEMBER 17, 1787: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THIS CONSTITUTION INTO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
Filed Under Adoption, CONSTITUTION, LAW OF THE LAND, LEARNING THE LAW, Martial Law, Oath of Office, Territorial Jurisdiction
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate. Article V Constitution of September 17, 1787
Within days of the June 1, 1789 enactment of the statutory oath of office by the First Congress, the reputed Father of the Constitution, James Madison was touting a Bill of Rights. A history of two hundred and twenty-one years of declining personal freedoms should tell us his effort had an ulterior motive.
On April 30, 1789, George Washington took an oral oath to become, in addition to President of the United States of America, President of the United States and what he had done went unnoticed. Instead of being bound by a subscribed written Article VI oath “to support this Constitution,” Washington was employed to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Washington’s duty was to the Confederacy not the people of America.
The first ten Amendments, the Bill of Rights, were ratified effective December 15, 1791. That ratification was an official recognition of George Washington’s rejection of “this Constitution” and acceptance of “the Constitution of the United States.” The Constitution of the United States is the territory owned by and ceded to the United States of America. The States have ratified “this Constitution,” but none of their officers, nor any officers of the United States take and subscribe Article VI oaths “to support this Constitution.” The failure to be bound to a written constitution allows the unrestrained exercise of government power to benefit the government at the expense of the people.
My Basic Course in Law and Government teaches the Student how to read the two Constitutions in “this Constitution.” This instruction is available in no other course on the law and government. To become a Student, contact me at edrivera@edrivera.com .
Dr. Eduardo M. Rivera
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