The interpretation of the Constitution is just
the consensus of a few people called "lawyers" who wear goofy
Taliban-looking garb (probably to go al-fresco to prevent jock itch or
in the case of the girls, yeast infections).
That
Constitution has been - and continues to be - heralded as the "supreme
law of the land." It's the magical document that "establishes" that we
are a nation of LAWS not of people. But guess what? The Constitution
is "organic." (That's what a judge told David Stilwell just before she
convicted him for not rolling his window ALL THE WAY DOWN during a DUI
checkpoint (of course he appealed and won - but throughout the trial,
Dave faced jail time!!)
The
Constitution is nothing more than a piece of paper that lawyers use to
give THEM and those they serve, the power over we the sheeple. If the
Constitution was "set in stone" then why can't the Supreme Court
justices rarely - if ever- come to a consensus about case law?
Still
wanna go back to the precious "principles" of our "sacred"
Constitution? What are those "principles?" Nation of laws not of men?
Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness? Nation of men not
laws? Unalienable rights? PROVE IT!
As for the Census Bureau....
Good
luck defying the Census Bureau. You "might" get away with it, but the
government has lots more guns and drones (cops) to force us into
submission. These days you won't even get a decent dousing of lube
before getting the royal you-know-what...
So
you all that take the moral high-ground to exercise your 4th - let me
know how that works out for you. You LOST before you ever began to
"fight." Even if you "win," the fact that you were forced to defend
yourself from tyranny makes you a big fat loser - unless your fight is
deliberate and to expose the immorality of our upside-down system. We
shouldn't have to be 'fighting" for "rights." Allegedly, our ancestors
gave their blood so we could live a life of "freedom." Just like Jesus
gave his blood so we could be saved for all eternity (or so that's what
many of us have been TOLD to believe.)
Both
religion and government are dangerous stuperstitions. But at least
with religion, the likelihood of a vengeful god takes place AFTER we die
(unless, of course you get some nut-job that declares holy wars on
living people). In the case of government, we are ALL susceptible to the horrors of brute force at our front door at any time!
From the U.S. Census Bureau:
...
It
is constitutional to include questions in the decennial census beyond
those concerning a simple count of the number of people. On numerous occasions, the courts have said the Constitution gives Congress the authority to collect statistics in the census. As
early as 1870, the Supreme Court characterized as unquestionable the
power of Congress to require both an enumeration and the collection of
statistics in the census. The Legal Tender Cases, Tex.1870; 12
Wall., U.S., 457, 536, 20 L.Ed. 287. In 1901, a District Court said the
Constitution's census clause (Art. 1, Sec. 2, Clause 3) is not limited
to a headcount of the population and "does not prohibit the gathering of
other statistics, if 'necessary and proper,' for the intelligent
exercise of other powers enumerated in the constitution, and in such
case there could be no objection to acquiring this information through
the same machinery by which the population is enumerated." United States
v. Moriarity, 106 F. 886, 891 (S.D.N.Y.1901).
The census does not violate the Fourth Amendment.Morales v. Daley,
116 F. Supp. 2d 801, 820 (S.D. Tex. 2000). In concluding that there was
no basis for holding Census 2000 unconstitutional, the District Court
inMorales ruled that the 2000 Census and the 2000 Census
questions did not violate the Fourth Amendment or other constitutional
provisions as alleged by plaintiffs. (The Morales court said
responses to census questions are not a violation of a citizen's right
to privacy or speech.) "…[I]t is clear that the degree to which these
questions intrude upon an individual's privacy is limited, given the
methods used to collect the census data and the statutory assurance that
the answers and attribution to an individual will remain confidential.
The degree to which the information is needed for the promotion of
legitimate governmental interests has been found to be significant. A
census of the type of Census 2000 has been taken every ten years since
the first census in 1790. Such a census has been thought to be necessary
for over two hundred years. There is no basis for holding that it is
not necessary in the year 2000."
The
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the District Court
decision on October 10, 2001, 275 F.3d 45. The U.S. Supreme Court
denied petition for writ of certiorari on February 19, 2002, 534 U.S. 1135. No published opinions were filed with these rulings.
These
decisions are consistent with the Supreme Court's recent description of
the census as the "linchpin of the federal statistical system …
collecting data on the characteristics of individuals, households, and
housing units throughout the country." Dept. of Commerce v. U.S. House
of Representatives, 525 U.S. 316, 341 (1999).
Do I have to respond to the American Community Survey (ACS)?
Yes.
Responding to the American Community Survey (ACS) is about helping
national, tribal, state and local officials make informed decisions with
timely and accurate data. Just as people are required to respond to
jury duty, get a driver’s license in order to drive, pay their taxes and
report their income, they also have the obligation to respond to
decennial census surveys.
The ACS is
conducted under the authority of Title 13, United States Code (U.S.C.),
Sections 141 and 193, and response is required by law. According to
Section 221, persons who do not respond shall be fined not more than
$100. Title 18 U.S.C. Section 3571 and Section 3559, in effect amend Title
13 U.S.C. Section 221 by changing the fine for anyone over 18 years old
who refuses or willfully neglects to complete the questionnaire or
answer questions posed by census takers from a fine of not more than
$100 to not more than $5,000.
Coercion or theft?.... BOTH
We are not a country of laws.... we are a country of men and women called "LAWYERS."
Donnie,
you know I love you but I must ask, are you still "proud" to be an
American? No need to answer to my rhetorical question, and as always I
respect everyone's quest for truthful knowledge!
TL
