The Basic Decision

Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.  What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. 

                                                                                                                           Thomas Paine 

I 

WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, must choose between    clarity and confusion.  (Preamble: italics)  A veneer of legitimacy does not change the reality of the occupation.  There is a gang posing as a government, which is the definition of a constitutional crisis. 

     WE is the first word in the Constitution.  The only time “I” appears is in the oath.  The “I” acts on behalf of the “WE.” 

     “So help me God” means nothing to the gentleman from New York.  They are just some words to mumble.  For he violated Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment in plain sight.  That provision prohibits anyone who has taken an oath to support the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same” from holding Federal or State office.  He cannot serve unless “Congress...by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”  Meanwhile, he is illegitimate.  His only title is Mister or Sir or Your Fraudulency.  Thus, the choice is clarity or confusion—the Constitution or the Chief Traitor. 

II 

     Multiple fail-safes were overridden or ignored to arrive at this moment.  Time and again, there have been no consequences—not in the Electoral College, nor during certification, nor impeachment. 

     We cannot afford to pretend.  Police do not need to wait for a prosecutor to impanel a grand jury and get an indictment when a crime has been committed in plain sight.  Stop jumping hurdles and going the extra mile.  Acknowledge the obvious and execute the arrests. 

     The Chief Traitor and J.D. Vance are illegitimate, the latter having feasted on the fruit of the poisonous tree.  The Electoral College ballots cast and counted for an insurrectionist—and his deputy, who gave “aid or comfort” to that enemy of the Constitution—are, by definition, invalid because both are “constitutionally ineligible” for the Presidency and the Vice Presidency.  (Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3 & Twelfth Amendment)  Therefore the House of Representatives and the Senate have no role to play, in regard to a contingent election, as no choice is to be made.  (Twelfth Amendment)  Thus, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz need only to take the oath and enter the White House. 

III 

     This is a matter of national security—and a time to fire another shot heard ‘round the world.  The Chief Traitor served surrender on a silver platter.  But that will not stand. 

     Republics are rare.  Yet their existence terrifies tyrants.  And nothing would please them more than their demise, a death they try to hasten. 

     Comrade, you have dealt with one segment of American society.  So, pop the corks in the Kremlin and drink champagne.  Rejoice while you can and “enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.”  (Hebrews 11:25, KJV)  You have made a serious mistake, the depths of which you cannot begin to comprehend. 

     President Kennedy understood the lessons of history.  One must not stand alone.  Survival depends upon strength. 

     As apt and applicable as the Declaration of Independence is today, we would do well to honor that other historic document drafted in this hall--the Constitution of the United States.  For it stressed not independence but interdependence--not the individual liberty of one but the indivisible liberty of all.... 

     The nations of Western Europe, long divided by feuds far more bitter than any which existed among the 13 colonies, are today joining together, seeking, as our forefathers sought, to find freedom in diversity and in unity, strength. 

     The United States looks on this vast new enterprise with hope and admiration.  We do not regard a strong and united Europe as a rival but as a partner. 

     ...(T)he United States will be ready for a Declaration of Interdependence....  (W)e will be prepared to discuss with a united Europe the ways and means of forming a concrete Atlantic partnership, a mutually beneficial partnership between the new union now emerging in Europe and the old American Union founded here 175 years ago.... 

     In urging the adoption of the United States Constitution, Alexander Hamilton told his fellow New Yorkers "to think continentally."  Today Americans must learn to think intercontinentally. 

     Acting on our own, by ourselves, we cannot establish justice throughout the world; we cannot insure its domestic tranquility, or provide for its common defense, or promote its general welfare, or secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.  But joined with other free nations, we can do all this and more.  We can assist the developing nations to throw off the yoke of poverty.  We can balance our worldwide trade and payments at the highest possible level of growth.  We can mount a deterrent powerful enough to deter any aggression.  And ultimately we can help to achieve a world of law and free choice, banishing the world of war and coercion. 

     In the future, since republics are rare, our adversaries must understand that NATO’s Article V is equivalent to Article IV, Section 4 of the American Constitution—a “guarantee to…a republican form of government”—and shall require an appropriate response if violated.  Therefore, due to the threat posed to Alliance security, the three blusterteers—the Chief Traitor, J.D. Vance, and Elon Musk—shall be subject to trial by national and international law.  Other actors beware. 

IV 

     Those who say it is hopeless must remember that the United States of America is a miracle.  The smart money was not on the Colonists during the Revolutionary War.  But, against all odds, the world was turned upside down. 

     Comrade, with the departure of your assets, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will be in the White House.  They will apologize to President Zelensky and the Allies.  America will rise like a phoenix—and then you will get our undivided attention. 

     May God bless all the members of the Armed Forces, the Intelligence Community, and the Diplomatic Corps of the United States of America and the Allies.  And may God open the eyes of all who have taken the oath to uphold the Constitution. 

(c)2025 Marvin D. Jones.  All rights reserved.

 

The Crisis, Thomas Paine, December 23, 1776 

According to legend, the British played “The World Turned Upside Down” after their defeat at Yorktown. 

https://marvindjones.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-end-of-deference.html

[THE END OF DEFERENCE]

https://marvindjones.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-return-of-king-george-iii.html

[THE RETURN OF KING GEORGE III]

https://marvindjones.blogspot.com/2022/03/as-putin-passes.html

[AS PUTIN PASSES…]

https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/historic-speeches/address-at-independence-hall

[JFK, ADDRESS AT INDEPENDENCE HALL, JULY 4, 1962] 

https://marvindjones.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-grand-alliance.html

[THE GRAND ALLIANCE] 

 

The End of Deference

THE FOUNDERS did not need permission to say goodbye to a tyrant—and neither do we.  The grievances in the Declaration of Independence against King George III are a match for the charges against the gentleman from New York, kindling ready to set ablaze.  To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.  The Chief Traitor treats Congress like a doormat.  He has gone beyond impoundment and moved on to cancellation.  He is destroying institutional memory by decapitating the Civil Service.  He disrespects law enforcement, defies the courts, and pardons insurrectionists.  He threatens the press, compromises the Intelligence Community, and undermines the Allies.  With an enemy like him, we will soon have no friends. 

     At least George III was King.  The Chief Traitor is an impostor.  His orders are illegal because he is illegitimate.  His titles are Mister or Sir or Your Fraudulency.  And it is well past time to treat him as such.  All who have taken the oath have a duty do so.  For we are required to support and defend the Constitution “against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”  (Emphasis added) 

     Where is Saint George when you need him?  Slay the dragon and then deal with its progeny.  The “nominees” or “appointees” are a distraction.  And fear not, his deputy cannot take his place, except to have his neck feel the edge of a sword, if he is captured first.  Otherwise, darkness overtakes the twilight’s last gleaming and dawn becomes a memory. 

     Why is it so hard to acknowledge the obvious?  There is one reply to the attempted transition from a republic to a despotism:  The answer is no.  But the grotesque neglect of duty at the joint session of Congress, on January 6, 2025, enabled the return of King George III because the Democrats did not make a Declaration of Illegitimacy, a simple statement of fact that the Chief Traitor violated Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment in plain sight.  Yet their hesitation then does not preclude action now.  Let the overt operation begin.  For that provision prohibits anyone who has taken an oath to support the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same” from holding Federal or State office.  Thus, the gang posing as a government is a threat to national security—and the one who occupies the White House can only do so if “Congress...by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”  In the meantime, he is illegitimate. 

(c)2025 Marvin D. Jones.  All rights reserved.

 

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[WASHINGTON] 

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[THE RETURN OF KING GEORGE III] 

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The Twilight’s Last Gleaming

Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches.  But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.  (Jeremiah 9:23)

 

On Installation Day, an illegal immigrant from South Africa stands behind a podium adorned with the SEAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES and makes two Nazi salutes.  Now, instead of a Fourth Reich, we must be forthright when confronting fools.  For the rich man, drowning in money, is morally bankrupt—and neither wise nor mighty.

     The Democrats are good at closing the barn door after the horses are gone.  Representative McGovern (D-MA) stood up and spoke out on the House floor after the Chief Traitor pardoned the insurrectionists.  But that was too little, too late.  Faux outrage is not enough.  Where were you and your colleagues on the sixth? 

     The gentleman from New York violated Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment in plain sight and mocks the oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.”  (Article II, Section 1, Clause 8)  Yet he pretends to be what he clearly is not—a patriot.  Meanwhile, the Democrats get a lot of exercise, a hernia, and indigestion as they “strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.”  (Matthew 23:24, KJV)  For instead of an ounce of prevention, Democrats respond to the latest outrage and then ignore the cure, as sure as night follows day.  But how about running rings around the Republicans by telling the truth? 

     An After-Action Report reveals that there was no strong response to the rebellion and no daily factual challenge to immunity.  There were no recounts and no use of the Electoral College in its national security role; and on January 6, 2025, at the joint session of Congress, there was no Declaration of Illegitimacy.  Thus, the goals set forth in the Preamble were cast aside in favor of an attitude:  “Hooray for me, to hell with you!” 

     Lawyers play a vital role in our society.  But sometimes they are so steeped in making technical arguments that they miss the point.  Other perspectives are needed. 

     The gentleman from New York has violated Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment in plain sight long enough.  That provision prohibits anyone who has taken an oath to support the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same” from holding Federal or State office.  Thus, the one who occupies the White House can only be absolved if “Congress...by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.” 

     Until Democrats make a Declaration of Illegitimacy, they will be a day late and a dollar short.  For courage is the currency.  But the Democrats are in desperate need of a backbone transplant.

O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

Or is that a donkey swatting flies with its tail?

(c)2025 Marvin D. Jones.  All rights reserved.

 

The Barn Door 

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[Representative McGovern (D-MA), 01-22-2025]

After-Action Report 

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[GROTESQUE NEGLECT OF DUTY] 

https://marvindjones.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-transition.html

[THE TRANSITION] 

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[THE ANSWER IS NO] 

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[IMPUNITY!] 

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[OATH AND CONSEQUENCES] 

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[AN EFFECTIVE EXECUTIVE] 

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[THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WITHOUT BLINDERS]

 

The Gentleman from New York 

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[THE RETURN OF KING GEORGE III] 

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[DECLARATION OF ILLEGITIMACY]

GROTESQUE NEGLECT OF DUTY

“Democrats are not election deniers,” says Representative Dingell.  No, Democrats are cowards.  Democrats are deniers of the reality that the gentleman from New York, who resides at Mar-a-Lago, violated Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment in plain sight.  Yet Democrats could not make a Declaration of Illegitimacy—a simple statement of fact.  What an embarrassment! 

     The oath requires us to support and defend the Constitution “against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”  The gentleman from New York is a domestic enemy.  His own words regarding “the termination...of the Constitution” make the point. 

     Democrats, no one was shooting at you.  You did not have to cross a mine field without sappers.  You did not have to do a bomb sweep.  All you had to do was stand up and tell the truth. 

(c)2025 Marvin D. Jones.  All rights reserved.

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[THE RETURN OF KING GEORGE III]

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[DECLARATION OF ILLEGITIMACY] 

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[THE TRANSITION] 

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[THE ANSWER IS NO] 

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[IMPUNITY!]

The Return of King George III

“In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms:  Our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.  A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.” 

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE was a Declaration of Illegitimacy.  It was a last resort. 

     Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits anyone who has taken an oath to support the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same” from holding Federal or State office.  The gentleman from New York, who resides at Mar-a-Lago, has violated that provision in plain sight.  Must WE THE PEOPLE tolerate such disrespect?  The answer is no. 

     Tomorrow, Congress takes the oath to uphold the Constitution.  This is their duty—to support and defend the supreme law of the land “against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”  And your duty as a citizen is to remind them of theirs.  Contact your Representative and two Senators.  Make a difference, not an excuse. 

     On January 6, 2025, there will be a joint session to count the electoral votes.  But before that takes place, there must be another Declaration of Illegitimacy.  For that which we call despotism by any other name would still reek.  And someone must rise to clear the air. 

     We, therefore, the Senators and Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress,   assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name and by authority of the good people of this nation, solemnly publish and declare, that they are absolved from allegiance to the gentleman from New York, that all political connection between them is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that he cannot hold office unless a two-thirds vote of each House shall remove such disability. 

     And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.

(c)2025 Marvin D. Jones.  All rights reserved.

 

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[DECLARATION OF ILLEGITIMACY] 

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[THE TRANSITION] 

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[THE ANSWER IS NO] 

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[IMPUNITY!]

Declaration of Illegitimacy

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.  But when a long a train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.  

                                                                                                   Declaration of Independence

 

America’s birth certificate begins with ideals—“all men are created equal”; “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”; “the consent of the governed.”  Then comes a list of grievances against King George III.  And it ends with a solemn oath. 

     Now, apparently, the Revolution has been rejected, the list of grievances against kingship withdrawn.  And so, the reactionaries set about ruin. 

     A republic, which derives its “just powers from the consent of the governed,” creates institutions.  A tyrant destroys them.  The one is about the rule of law; the other, power and the whims of an individual. 

     To accept what is, is not to acquiesce.  To make a concession to reality is not to surrender.  To acknowledge the situation is the first step toward victory.  For when failure is the result of timidity and cowardice, it is time to be bold and courageous. 

     In 2016, he was the beneficiary of Operation Crosscheck and the Russian Connection.  They dovetailed.  Thus began the feast on the fruit of the poisonous tree by the gentleman from New York. 

     Kris Kobach, the Secretary of State of Kansas, was the commander.  His faulty list of approximately 7 million voters was used by GOP counterparts in 27 States to remove Democratic or Democratic-leaning voters from the rolls by claiming they were voting in multiple States.  A first and last name was enough for a match.  Jr. and Sr. did not matter, nor middle names, nor different Social Security numbers.

     “The program's method of identifying and purging voters especially threatens the registrations of minority voters who are...67% more likely than white voters to share America's most common names:  Jackson, Washington, Lee, Rodriguez and so on,” according to Greg Palast.

     In the three crucial States that were supposed to be the Democratic firewall, the gentleman from New York “won” by 44,000 in Pennsylvania, 11,000 in Michigan, and 23,000 in Wisconsin.  Crosscheck removed up to 344,000 in the first and 449,000 in the second.  In the third, Photo ID, which is used to stop non-existent “voter fraud,” made the difference by depressing turnout in Milwaukee.  Thus, the 20 electoral votes in Pennsylvania, 16 in Michigan, and 10 in Wisconsin went to the Republican instead of Mrs. Clinton.  And so, the legitimacy of the gentleman from New York goes beyond the question of foreign influence. 

     The Russian Connection got all the attention, but what also had an impact on the election was Operation Crosscheck.  While that may sound like the authorization included plausible denial—“As always, should you or any member of the I.M. Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions”—it was an obvious effort to deny certain American citizens their right to vote.  And that supposedly domestic covert operation against them was successful because the self-styled “mainstream” press failed—and still fails—to cover this story.  But the falsehood about 3 million “illegal aliens” voting—circulated by the Kobach crowd—was covered.  Yet 7 million citizens on a list to deny them the right to vote were ignored. 

     In 2020, the gentleman from New York prepared the ground and sowed doubt—for the long con.  In 2024, he played craps with loaded dice and rolled a seven and “won” all the battleground States.  The psyop paid off. 

     “There is no such thing as a coincidence,” according to Gibbs’s Rule No. 39.  Two things tell the story, and they are the tell.  Professor Lichtman’s 13 keys were based upon the study of campaigns going back to 1860.  They have been accurate since he began using them in 1984, although in 2000 his prediction was thrown off by the intervention of the Supreme Court.   Ann Selzer, Carnac the Magnificent of the Midwest, has also been uncannily accurate.  She had Harris with a four point lead in Iowa three days before the election.  The gentleman from New York “won” by 13%.  What a…no such thing as… 

     The gentleman from New York and the GOP had contingency plans to pull off the heist.  The loyal opposition needs a Plan B to thwart the theft. 

     In preparation for the Federal Convention, James Madison gathered together the constitutions of the ancient republics.  They taught an important lesson.  Foreign influence was the consistent cause of their demise, and it is why we have an emoluments clause—a constitutional conflict of interest provision; a requirement that the President be “a natural born citizen”; and treason is the only crime defined in the Constitution because it is a threat to the life of the Republic and, therefore, first on the list of impeachable offenses.  (Article I, Section 9, Clause 8; Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 & Article III, Section 3, Clause 1)  Fear of foreign influence was such a deep concern for the Framers that it affected the method of choosing the President of the United States. 

     The misunderstood, misrepresented, and misused Electoral College has two functions.  They are popular choice and national security.  Much attention has been focused on the former and not enough on the latter.  Popular choice was to be protected—for reasons of national security. 

     “Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption.  These most deadly adversaries of republican government might naturally have been expected to make their approaches from more than one quarter, but chiefly from the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils.  How could they better gratify this, than by raising a creature of their own to the Chief Magistracy of the Union?”  (Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers, No. 68) 

     “With all the infirmities incident to a popular election, corrected by the particular mode of conducting it, as directed under the present system, I think we may fairly calculate," said James Madison in the House, "that the instances will be very rare in which an unworthy man will receive that mark of the public confidence which is required to designate the President of the United States.” 

     The Electoral College only appears to have been neutered, because of apathy and ignorance.  But it can still perform its latter function and act as a final check on demagogues and fraud.  And in the present unusual situation, it can thwart the theft.

     “One advantage of Electors is,” according to James Madison, “although generally the mere mouths of their constituents, they may be intentionally left sometimes to their own judgment, guided by further information that may be acquired by them: and finally, what is of material importance, they will be able, when ascertaining, which may not be till a late hour, that the first choice of their constituents is utterly hopeless, to substitute in the electoral vote the name known to be their second choice.”  (The Electoral College by Lucius Wilmerding, Jr., 180-181) 

     In his Farewell Address, President Washington reinforced the importance of the lesson Madison learned in his study of the constitutions of the ancient republics. 

     “Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful woes for republican government.” 

     The Founders’ concern is validated by remarks of Nikolai Patrushev, an aide to Vladimir Putin. 

     “To achieve success in the elections, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations.  And as a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them.” 

     The loyal opposition must inform the Electors of their duty. 

     The man who resides at Mar-a-Lago is ineligible, as is his heir apparent.  For the list of grievances against King George III apply to him and the Hillbilly Hypocrite dining at the same long table.  “A prince whose character is thus marked by every act that may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”  (Declaration of Independence) 

     On January 6, 2025, the first order of business of the joint session of Congress—before counting the electoral votes—is enforcement of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits anyone who has taken an oath to support the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same” from holding Federal or State office.  The gentleman from New York has violated that provision in plain sight.  He can only be absolved if “Congress...by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”  Failure to act would bestow another veneer of legitimacy on the man who has betrayed the Revolution. 

     The gentleman from New York wants to change a government “long established”—for “light and transient causes”: his ego and the favor of a cult.  Prudence indeed will dictate nothing until he grabs her by “the p_ _ _y” and must pay for an NDA.  So, this is not as much a matter of “new guards” for our “future security” as it is being true to the two oaths.  The first is the final line of our country’s birth certificate.  “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”  The second is the oath to support and defend the Constitution “against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”  Anyone who violates them is illegitimate.  And so, the answer to despotism is no.  Thus, instead of “the deep state,” the man who would be king must fear all of us who meant it when we said, “So help me God.” 

(c)2024 Marvin D. Jones.  All rights reserved.

 

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[THE TRANSITION] 

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[THE ANSWER IS NO] 

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[IMPUNITY!]

The Transition

“…(E)very government ought to contain in itself the means of its own preservation.”  (Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers, No. 59; italics his) 

The gentleman from New York and his cabal labor mightily to have their way.  They constantly talk about principles as they pervert them.  For they no longer favor democracy because of demography.

     Can someone “faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States” and “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution” and then “take care that the laws be faithfully executed” when he has stated his intention to do otherwise—repeatedly?  (Article II, Section 1, Clause 8 & Article II, Section 3)  The answer is no.  For he has said, “I have an Article II where I have the right to do whatever I want as President.”  That includes “the complete power to pardon” and claims of absolute immunity.  Finally, his threat to seek the “termination…of the Constitution” strip bare any shred of legitimacy.

     Assertion and repetition do not equal truth nor constitutional law.  Thus, the Chief Traitor is ineligible, despite a favorable Supreme Court ruling regarding Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment which prohibits anyone who has taken an oath to support the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same” from holding Federal or State office.  For the Constitution is “the supreme law of the land” and the acts of the three branches must be made “in pursuance thereof.”  (Article VI, Clause 2)  But, to some, that does not matter.

      On July 25, 1787, at the Federal Convention, James Madison said that Supreme Court involvement in the election of the President was “out of the question.”  Yet in 2000, the Court—in an act of judicial usurpation—stopped the counting of ballots in Florida.  Is a repeat of such a thing acceptable?  The answer is no.

     Should the Chief Traitor lose the election, he and the GOP have contingency plans.  If they control Congress, the results will simply be ignored.  The President will be chosen by the House of Representatives where the voting is by State delegation, which happens to favor them.  They will point out that that happened in 1800 and 1824, and they will be technically right and totally wrong.  For they will not tell you that in 1800 Alexander Hamilton did not succumb to political shenanigans but worked hard to make sure Thomas Jefferson won because he was clearly the popular choice, even though he disagreed with him on a number of issues.  (Jefferson and Hamilton: The Struggle for Democracy in America by Claude G. Bowers, The Historians’ History of the United States, Volume I edited by Andrew S. Berky and James P. Shenton, 363-381)  In 1824, there were four candidates and, because no one had a majority, the election went to the House of Representatives, which chooses between the top three.  The Speaker, Henry Clay, who was thus eliminated, threw his support to John Quincy Adams who subsequently made him Secretary of State.  In effect, a coalition government was formed.  Now their “secret” may have variations, involving a combination of the Supreme Court and the House of Representatives or a commission like the one in 1876, but, whatever the means, the ends will be the same—cheat.

     This is a time for action, not apologies.  Should the Chief Traitor “win,” can the President of the United States just standby?  The answer is no.  The situation demands a firm response.

     First, grand jury investigations of a possible conspiracy to defraud the United States of America, which may involve six radical Justices.  (Title 18 of the United States Code, Section 371)

     Second, because of the threat to national security, the Executive must wield “the sword of the community” and invoke the Insurrection Act to destroy armed gangs that dare to call themselves militias, contrary to the constitutional definition.  (Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers, No. 29; Article I, Section 8, Clause 15-16; & Article II, Section 2, Clause 1)

     Third, there is precedent.  After the attack on Fort Sumter, President Lincoln took decisive action to preserve the Union, as the government possessed “the means of its own preservation.”  (Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers, No. 59; italics his) 

       For Lincoln delayed the convocation of Congress from April 12, 1861, 
       when Fort Sumter was fired upon, until July 4 lest rigid constitutionalists 
       on the Hill try to stop him from doing what he deemed necessary to save 
       the life of the nation.  In his twelve weeks of executive grace, Lincoln 
       ignored one law and constitutional provision after another.  He assembled 
       the militia, enlarged the Army and the Navy beyond their authorized strength,

       called out volunteers for three years' service, spent public money without 
       congressional appropriation, suspended habeas corpus, arrested people 
       "represented" as involved in "disloyal" practices and instituted a naval 
       blockade of the Confederacy--measures which, he later told Congress, 
       "whether strictly legal or not, were ventured upon under what appeared 
       to be a popular demand and a public necessity; trusting then as now that 

       Congress would readily ratify them."  (The Imperial Presidency, 

       Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., 58; emphasis his)

Lincoln met the standard and passed Locke's test.  “For prerogative is nothing but the power of doing public good without a rule.”  (Second Treatise of Government, Chapter 14, 166)  And Congress approved his actions.

     In 1630, America’s role was described by John Winthrop on the Arbella.  “We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill.  The eyes of all people are upon us.”*  And now the world waits—adversaries pleased with darkness—while allies keep careful watch to behold a beacon.

(c)2024 Marvin D. Jones.  All rights reserved.

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*Ronald Reagan was not the first to use the phrase in a political context.