NATURAL RIGHTS & FREEDOM

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What Do We Do When The Mob In The Oval Office Suspends Freedom?

As Mr. Trump Contemplates Suspending Habeas Corpus . .

Judge Napolitano explains here by using a history lesson;  https://ronpaulinstitute.org/what-if-freedom-is-suspended/

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Remember These Findings
They Are Crucial to Natural Rights and Freedom


- 16 Am Jur 2d, Sec 177 late 2s, Sec 256
"No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it."

– Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803)
"A law repugnant to the Constitution is void. An act of Congress repugnant to the Constitution cannot become a law. The Constitution supersedes all other laws and the individual's rights shall be liberally enforced in favor of him, the clearly intended and expressly designated beneficiary."

– Ex parte Siebold, 100 U.S. 371 (1879)
"An unconstitutional law is void and is as no law. An offense created by it is not crime. A conviction under it is not merely erroneous but is illegal and void and cannot be used as a legal cause of imprisonment."

– Norton v. Shelby County, 118 U.S. 425 (1886)
"An unconstitutional act is not law. It confers no rights; it imposes no duties; affords no protection; it creates no office. It is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed."

– Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
"Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no rule-making or legislation which would abrogate them."

– 16 American Jurisprudence 2d, Sec. 256
"No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law, and no courts are bound to enforce it. The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, whether federal or state, though having the form and name of law, is in reality no law, but is wholly void and ineffective for any purpose, since unconstitutionality dates from the time of its enactment, and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it. AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAW, in legal contemplation, IS AS INOPERATIVE AS IF IT HAD NEVER BEEN PASSED."

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Here It Comes: The Next Step In Trump's Tyranny

https://www.newsbreak.com/share/4153744968658-here-it-comes-outrage-as-leaked-trump-admin-memo-suggests-the-worst-we-ve-been-waiting-for?_f=app_share&pd=08CohF18&lang=en_US&send_time=1754247180&trans_data=%7B%22platform%22%3A0%2C%22cv%22%3A%2225.30.0.28%22%2C%22languages%22%3A%22en%22%7D&sep=ns_foryou_model_exp_25q3-v9%2Cns_foryou_rank_exp_25q3-v6%2Cns_foryou_recall_exp_25q3-v1%2Cns_foryou_blend_exp_25q3-v8&s=i3

Just call it what it is, Martial Law

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Trump's "Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force"

The Trump administration is evaluating plans that would establish hundreds of National Guard troops tasked with rapidly deploying into American cities facing protests or other unrest, according to internal Pentagon documents. The plan calls for 600 troops to be on standby at all times so they can deploy in as little as one hour. They would be split into two groups of 300 and stationed at military bases in Alabama and Arizona, with purview of regions east and west of the Mississippi River, respectively.

The article goes on to discuss legal issues, cots, and implementation problems; https://archive.is/2025.08.12-132729/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/12/national-guard-civil-unrest/
 
The previous post mentioned that Martial Law was coming. Here is the next step. Just a guess, five years from now it will not be 600 on stand-by at all times, it will be 12,000. And a few units of them will always be occupying some City, whether the State Governor approves, or not. The clock is ticking.

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WAKE UP, SLAVES

Recognize that freedom and slavery exist as extremes of a gradient. Between the plantation owner's whip and complete autonomy lie a series of arrangements; from serfdom, indentured servitude, debt bondage, to various forms of regulated participation in society. Consider where we actually fall within that spectrum when;
 - you cannot keep the majority of your labor,
 - you cannot opt out without facing state violence,
 - you cannot choose how your extracted labor is used,
 - you face increasing surveillance and restriction of movement, and
 - "they" use terms like 'social contract' and 'civic duty' prevent us from examining what's really happening.

How far from the slavery end of the spectrum are we really? The sophistication of modern slavery lies in maintaining compliance through comfort rather than from suffering. A golden cage is still a cage, and a comfortable slave is still a slave.

Need to understand more? You surrender 30-50% of your labor before you ever see it. If you refuse, men with guns will eventually arrive at your door. The extraction is comprehensive and inescapable. Every economic action becomes a revenue opportunity for the system that owns your labor.
 - you earn money, you pay income tax,
 - you own property, you pay property tax,
 - you spend money, you pay sales tax,
 - you save money, you lose to inflation tax,
 - you invest successfully, you pay capital gains tax,
 - you start a business, you pay for licenses,
 - you run a profitable business, you pay corporate and personal tax,
 - you give money away, you pay gift tax, and
 - you die with assets, your estate pays inheritance tax, and
 - you can't opt out of funding wars you oppose, surveillance systems that monitor you, or bureaucracies that regulate your choices. Your 'property' can be seized for unpaid taxes, even if you own it outright.

Historically, slaves at least knew they were enslaved. The violence was visible, the coercion obvious, the enemy identifiable. Today's slaves are convinced they're consumers. But here is the real masterpiece: you've been convinced this is freedom.

Traditional slaves were told they're property; modern slaves are told they're customers. Traditional slaves were controlled through fear; modern slaves through convenience. Traditional slaves were kept ignorant; modern slaves are overwhelmed with controlled information that shapes their conclusions.
The plantation owner never convinced his slaves that chains were jewelry. The Congolese warlord doesn't pretend the child-labor cobalt mine is a wellness center. But we've been convinced that surveillance is safety, that debt is prosperity, that algorithmic control is empowerment.
Traditional slavery was economically inefficient—you had to house, feed, and guard your property. Modern slavery is self-maintaining: the slaves pay for their own monitoring devices, compete for their positions, and attack anyone who suggests they're not free. We've been conditioned to love our cages so thoroughly that questioning them feels like madness.

But wait, here is what's in the wings, here is what comes tomorrow:
•   Identity Capture: Biometric databases make anonymous existence impossible.
•   Data Processing: Massive server farms process every biometric signature in real-time.
•   Interface Elimination: 'Contextually aware' devices remove conscious choice friction.
•   Cognitive Control: AI systems shape how you think about questions themselves.
•   Economic Dependency: Digital income tied to compliance monitoring.
•   Biological Integration: Neural interfaces turn your cells into network nodes.


See; Joshua Stylman @substack for more incisive thoughts.

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Lawless America

Nationally, more than 70% of individuals rounded up by ICE have no criminal convictions. Many have lived in the U.S. for decades, raised families, paid taxes, contributed to the economy, and worked the jobs most Americans refuse to do.

Here is the rest of the story;  https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/police_state_bounty_hunters_the_rise_of_ices_unconstitutional_war_on_america