Did you know it is the sworn duty of every state legislator to support the U.S. Constitution? Some current occupants of the Idaho state legislature do not see it that way.
Here are the rules:
Article 6, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution states: โโฆmembers of the several state legislaturesโฆshall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitutionโฆโ
And, Article 1, Section 10, Clause 1 states: โNo state shall…coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts;โฆโ
And, Article 1, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Idaho states: โโฆthe Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.โ
Hubris Will Destroy Our Country
Legislators who believe the Constitution is a โliving breathing documentโ that can be arbitrarily ignored, please, read what Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., a constitutional scholar, stated on February 21 of this year. โAny time senators and representatives treat constitutional limitations on their prerogatives as some kind of contemptible joke; they are in effect committing perjury.โ
The โExpertโ Syndrome
Others will say they consider the issue too complicated and it should be left to the โexperts.โ Because this rationalization for non-action is often heard, at the risk of sounding offensive, I want to make clear what is at stake. The โexpertsโ in this case are the ones with a vested interest: the bankers, mercantilists, and career politicians. I mean no disrespect, but it is past time for lawmakers to start educating themselves and doing what is right for the people and the country.
Bill Denman, a member of our task force, said, โSince there are fundamental principles involved, we donโt have to rely onโฆthe opinions of experts to resolve the โgold versus paper moneyโ or the โgovernment control of moneyโ issues.โ
Orwellian Doublespeak
The American people are saddled with legislators that disdain their oath and refuse to pick-up the constitution and read it. Paragraph two of this paper is not that complicated; it simply lists those fundamental principles, referred to by Mr. Denman. Legislators think they are above the rule of law, but they are not. โLawbreaking is lawmakingโ and โunconstitutional money is legal tenderโ are memes (themes) that remind us of George Orwellโs world of 1984. These concepts should not be in our world.
Constitutional Gold Abandoned Illegally
On the federal level, in 1971 the Federal Reserve System (Fed) officially abandoned the constitutional gold and silver mandate. Years of mismanagement of money supply by the Fed depleted our gold reserve backing. We could no longer honor redemption requests (namely, France wanted to exchange their paper USD for gold bullion). Today, the U.S. Dollar (USD), called legal tender or the Federal Reserve Note, has no gold or silver backing, and yet congressmen claim everything is perfectly legal, because they say it is.
Consequences
This failure to support the greatest constitution ever written in the history of man has abused and outraged the people. Today we face the consequences: big government enabled by central banking, a failing fractional reserve system funded by dishonest fiat money controlled by a few, and a deeply troubled economy.
- Idaho HB 622: The Rule of Law - March 17, 2010