As many of us recall from our civics lessons in school, the United States is a common law country. That means when judges issue opinions in legal cases, they often establish precedents that will guide the rulings of other judges in similar cases and jurisdictions.
Given the multiple meanings of the term "United States" the statement is incorrect. The term can refer to one of three entities:Also, in Erie v. Tompkins, the supreme court said that there is no common law in the federal court jurisdiction;
Here the court wrote:
The term "United States" may be used in any one of several senses.
[Hooven & Allison Co. v. Evatt, 324 U.S. 652 (1945)] [brackets, numbers and emphasis added]- [1] It may be merely the name of a sovereign* occupying the position analogous to that of other sovereigns in the family of nations.
- [2] It may designate the territory over which the sovereignty of the United States** extends, or
- [3] it may be the collective name of the states*** which are united by and under the Constitution.
Common law, now as then, is understood to have come from the ancient court decisions of Britain. It was carried to the new world by the colonists.
The "UNITED STATES", that is, that entity which now inundates our every thought for what our representatives are doing contrary to the will of the People, is a corporate business engaged in profit-making. The people who walk the halls of the buildings in the district of Columbia daily and the people who report on the former's activities are all actively engaged in a massive attempt to manipulate We the People into accepting what Congress wants to do in making a new economic order in which a multitude of agents and others will control various facets of our lives and eat out our substance.
However and despite their attempts, there is a fundamental flaw in their plan: constitutionally, Congress ONLY has complete, plenary and absolute legislative control of itself, the district of Columbia and the property, enclaves and territories it owns and its own employees. That's all! It has NO authority to make law that applies to the states nor We the People; and because of the wording of the law by the 50 union legislatures and Congress as written in each one's Title one, Chapter one, (defining Person) no act of any legislature applies to any member of We the People!!!
The fourteenth Amendment states ``all persons subject to congress'' and to be subject means to owe allegiance and obedience; a citizen owes allegiance and obedience; so also does a resident. If you were born within the district of Columbia or a federal enclave (i. e. a fort or military base) or some out-lying territory such as Puerto Rico or Guam, then you are probably a federal citizen.
However, if you were born within one of the 50 union states' boundaries such as New York or Kansas or California, then you are not a citizen of The UNITED STATES.
The upshot to comprehending all of this is by knowing the meaning of the words used in writing the law. In basic terms, for instance, the word "person" means actor or agent; it comes from the latin word persona and in English, "persona" means mask. In legal usage, "person" means a corporation, trust or partnership, or an individual (someone who represents them, an agent)
In general legal usage, one word used to write the law cannot be substituted with another. For instance, I recently heard a news report in which a congressional representative was speaking about some current health legislation (during November 2009) and referred to Americans. But in all legislation, no American is *EVER* referred to. This is an invalid substitution of words made to confuse us into thinking a certain way. Again, no act of any legislation can be applied to non-civil and non-military People.
The law applies to whom it is written; It is written to be read by People but it applies to persons, (subject to Congress) corporations, trusts, partnerships, and individuals. (their agents and representatives)
Stated again, the law is written by people, to be read by people, for the purpose of controlling those entities. (which are given life or animated by people covered by those persons)
God created Man; Man created governments and corporations; persons born or naturalized in the district of Columbia are subject to congressional control because those persons can not know who God is, except by the people who animate (vivify, give life to) those entities do know.
In legal terms, the word used to describe the result of incorporation is "cover"; it literally is a covering over a group of people to enable them to conduct business with a new name; to provide for the use of a fictitious name by which they may conduct business.
As another picture of the actual and true relationship between the district of Columbia and the 50 union members and We the People, consider that relationship is the same as that which the governments and people of France and England enjoy; that is, France cannot make law that would apply to England and vice-versa. As a condition of constitutionality, the tenth amendment erects a high wall of separation between the Congress and the union states *and* We the People. Unless certain and specific conditions are met, Congress cannot make any law which concerns the states or the People. Between France and England there is just NO jurisdiction in either government to make law for the other.
When the Revolutionary Army defeated the British, the British commander had to surrender thirteen times for each and every colony. This is one of the most important reasons why the union states are separate and distinct from the federal government in the district of Columbia. The federal government was given its own land and jurisdiction that was separate and distinct from all the states.
