The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America and The Constitution of the United States of America are truly elementary documents to comprehend. That is — once the individual sets aside the volumes of commentary about them. This even includes the material written by all the signers, judges, etc.
Keep the following points in mind: First: As representatives the signers signed on behalf of their respective constituents. Second: Those signers, on behalf of their constituents, all agreed to the terms within each respective document. Third: We must not burden ourselves with what any signer or citizen tried to keep out or put into the document. —We need only focus on the content of the signed and ratified documents and the context within each section. Fourth: We must view the context and definitions for all words used in those documents based upon how the signing generation would have defined those words; thus, using a dictionary in common circulation at that time. |
The people's Rights and the government's Powers.This is often presented as: The people's Rights vs. The government's Powers. |
The Declaration deals with how the people are supposed to work together to properly control their government towards the ends of equally securing each other's rights; thus, Clean Honest Government. The Constitution deals with the specific powers granted to government. When constitutional violation happen and We, the governed people, enforce the Rule of Law of The Constitution of the United States of America, to the tune of tyranny & despotism as outlined and described in The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America; treason as defined in Article 3, Section 3; we secure Clean Honest Government for the next generation as well. When The Declaration states, "that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"; the government powers are there to protect the peoples' rights. When this happens, we have Clean Honest Government and there is no conflict between the people's rights and the government's powers. |