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Expressions of Liberty

A commentary on the governmental respect for natural human rights as expressed by the founders of the United States and how it effects us today. I also show how the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution and other related documents are not dead documents in America today, but merely ignored and misused.

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I am a classical liberal which is considered a type of conservative in these modern days. I am pro-right to life, pro-right to liberty, pro-parental rights, pro-right to property and a number of other natural human rights.

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Cohabitation Is A Threat To America's Security And Happiness

A Missouri couple is suing the city of Black Jack, Missouri over a housing ordinance that levels a $500 a day fine on unmarried couple and their children living together. They claim the law is unconstitutional. I find this hard to believe as laws forbidding cohabitation have been on the books as long as or longer than the U.S. Constitution has been around.

The article is not clear but I assume they are speaking of the U.S. Constitution The Tenth Amendment states quite clearly that any powers not specifically given to the federal government are reserved to the state. The U.S. Constitution mentions the jurisdiction of the federal courts in Article 3 Section 2 and suits between a state and a resident of the same state are not part of its jurisdiction. The Twelfth Amendment further limit’s the power of the federal judicial branch and the Fourteenth Amendment which the federal government uses to justify stealing their power from the states only gives Congress the power to legislate in order to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment. The courts can then act to adjudicate cases involving that legislation. Congress has never passed a law that legalizes cohabitation.

If we ignored the U.S. Constitution’s jurisdiction requirements and allowed the federal courts could illegally adjudicate the issue then they would also be violating the rule of law in their disobedience of the separation of powers that grants all legislation powers to Congress and grants the courts merely the power to judge according to the law. Since cohabitation is not specifically legalized by the U.S. Constitution then it follows the power to do so is reserved to the states according to the Tenth Amendment.

The town of Black Jack, Missouri is acting well within it’s duties to protect the natural human rights of its people as the preponderance of evidence shows that cohabitation is a danger to American society. The problem is we have too many civil libertarian judges who ignore the evidence and break the law. This will remain while all we do is grumble about their corrupt behavior. We need to act. One way of acting is to petition Congress to impeach these enemies of the U.S. Constitution and therefore of the security and happiness of the American people.

Source 1 is article about lawsuit

Source 2 is about the negative effects of Cohabitation

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

You are quite possibly the most ignorant person I have had the misfortune to read. Were you even born in this country?

9:49 PM  
Blogger Kerwin said...

It is interesting that you choose to launch an ad hominem attack which is to attack the messenger and not the message. I posted sources which you have the ability to dispute but you chose not to. That gives me the impression that you may not be able to dispute them and yet with to deny the evidence. That is the mark of a fanatic.

10:27 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is perhaps the least intelligent blog about legal issues in existance. And that is saying something! Perhaps the typos in the homepage's caption should have been a clue.

Why not get on the Internet and look at the suit itself rather than pulling the legal theory upon which you think it might be based out of your butt and proclaiming that it stinks.

I'll save you some trouble:
http://www.aclu-em.org/downloads/BlackJackPetition.pdf

11:49 PM  
Blogger Kerwin said...

You are improving in your presentation. If I have time I will look at the judges opinion is the case. You could have summarized the main points of it for me. You should also be prepared to defend those points if you agree with them.

The U.S. Constitution is the high law of the land. All other law is passed by Congress or by those the state governments give the authority to pass laws. The federal judiciary has no power to make laws so court laws are not actual laws. They can be construed as orders that may or may not be legal.

The judges are the servants of the people as the statement “We the People of the United States” clearly shows. This means that our interpretation bears more wait than that of any judge. I favor original interpretation because the U.S. Constitution does not allow for any other. It tells how it can be legally amended and judicial fiat is not mentioned. To correctly interpret the constitution I look at the U.S. Constitution and other documents that show the context of the constitution. I work hard not to cherry pick or misinterpret the evidence I use to interpret it. Everyone has the power to determine I am correct.

One of the purposes of the Constitution is established for is to “promote the general welfare“. The city of Black Jack, Missouri is acting in that interest when they enforce their ordinance against cohabitation. That is why I pointed out the harm to our society caused by cohabitation. A point I did not mention is that cohabitation is a threat to the “blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity” as it breeds violence which deprives people of the health and lives.

In A University of Florida study found that marriage was found to reduce the criminal activities across racial lines while cohabitation does not.

http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2002/B/20025999.html

4:22 PM  

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