[NVIC] Stand Up, Protect Your Freedoms

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BL Fisher Note:

The following editorial was written by a brave American, who is speaking out

about what he sees as the incremental erosion of the freedoms that our

nation's founders fought to preserve for future generations in the U.S.

Constitution. Especially since September 11, 2001, those who would take away

our freedoms in the name of the " greater good " are promoting fear and

anxiety about " bioterrorism " and " natural disasters " such as the flu to

pressure our elected officials to take away more of our freedoms. Government

officials seeking more power and a pharmaceutical industry seeking more

profits are leading the way and the people are not questioning what is being

done to them. Only when the nurse with the soldier show up at our

quarantined homes with guns and syringes will it become clear what we have

allowed to be done to us.

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4449

A Nation of Sheeple

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Posted: October 19, 2005

1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Walter

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President Bush informed the nation, during a press conference, that he might

seek to use the U.S. military to quarantine parts of the nation should there

be a serious outbreak of the deadly avian flu that has killed millions of

chickens and 60-some people in Southeast Asia. That's the second time Bush

has expressed a desire to use the military for local policing. The first was

in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C. 1385) generally prohibits federal

military personnel and units of the U.S. National Guard under federal

authority from acting in a law enforcement capacity within the United

States, except where expressly authorized by the U.S. Constitution or

Congress.

Enacted during Reconstruction, the purpose of the Posse Comitatus Act was to

severely limit the powers of the federal government to use the military for

local law enforcement. Would Americans tolerate such a gigantic leap in the

federalization of law enforcement? I'm guessing the answer is yes. In the

name of safety, we've undergone decades of softening up to accept just about

any government edict that our predecessors would have found offensive. Let's

look at some of it.

The anti-smoking movement might be the beginning of the softening up

process. They started out calling for reasonable actions like no-smoking

sections on airplanes. Then it progressed to no smoking on airplanes

altogether, then private establishments such as restaurants and businesses.

Emboldened by the timidity of smokers, in some jurisdictions there are

ordinances banning smoking in outdoor places such as beaches and parks.

Then there are seatbelt and helmet laws that have sometimes been zealously

enforced through the use of night vision goggles. On top of this, Americans

accept government edicts on where your child may ride in your car. Americans

sheepishly accepted all sorts of Transportation Security Administration

nonsense. In the name of security, we've allowed fingernail clippers,

eyeglass screwdrivers and toy soldiers to be taken from us prior to boarding

a plane.

We've accepted federal intrusion in our financial privacy through the Bank

Secrecy Act. Rep. Ron , R-Texas, says, " More than 99.999 percent of

those [who] had their privacy invaded were law-abiding citizens going about

their own personal financial business. " Most recently, there's the U.S.

Supreme Court Kelo decision, where the court held that local governments can

take a private person's house and turn it over to another private person.

Politicians have learned and become comfortable with the fact that today's

Americans will docilely accept just about any legalized restraint on their

behavior.

You say, " Hey, , but it's the law! " In the late-1700s, the British

Parliament enacted the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts, and

imposed other grievances that are enumerated in our Declaration of

Independence. I'm happy that we didn't have today's Americans around at the

time to bow before King III and say, " It's the law. " Respectful of

the Posse Comitatus Act, President Bush has suggested that he'll ask

Congress to amend the law to allow for the use of the U.S. military to

enforce regional quarantines. Whether Congress amends the law or not, Bush

has no constitutional authority to deploy military troops across the land.

Why?

The U.S. Constitution's Article IV, Section 4 reads, " The United States

shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of

Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on

Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature

cannot be convened), against domestic Violence. " Coupled with the Tenth

Amendment, " The powers not delegated to the United States by the

Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States

respectively, or to the people, " this means short of an insurrection, the

U.S. military must be invited by a state legislature or executive. Any

federal law that violates these constitutional provisions is null and void

and can only be enforced through fear, intimidation and brute military

force.

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Dr. Walter E. is the M. Olin Distinguished Professor of

Economics at Mason University in Fairfax, Va.

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