NATURAL RIGHTS & FREEDOM

[CCarl]

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/

[CCarl]

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."

[CCarl]

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

[CCarl]

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.

[CCarl]

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.

[CCarl]

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

[CCarl]

We Fight for Our Inalienable Rights or We Lose Them

January 26, 2026
There is criticism on every newscast and every political commentary program I visit. And why not? I mean America in particular, and the world in general, has gone to hell. Criticism is fair. But part of the problem, while everyone is busy criticizing, is that no one is talking solutions. We have become a culture of finger-pointing whiny-asses, and have apparently lost the ability to fix what we do not like. While some families may make changes on personal levels, as a culture, America has lost its direction.
Why? Simple really. America is awash in politics. And there is the biggest part of the problem. It matters not whether those politics are Left, Right, Middle, extreme, or moderate. Politics translates into exercising control and getting rich by putting your nose in everyone else's business. Politics is divisive, and acts criminally at national, state, county, and local levels in America.
Bear witness, most recently in Minnesota videos clearly showed that ICE peppered-sprayed a man filming a video with his phone but breaking no laws, forced him to his knees, beat on him, saw, then confiscated his legally permitted handgun, and finally proceeded to shoot him nine times, killing him. That can only be called M U R D E R.
Internationally, politics isn't working too well either. Just recently Japan became willing to sell all US Treasury Notes it is holding. That will further depreciate the dollar, forcing prices up in all markets, and necessitating printing more fiat money. And now the UAE has told Trump NO to allowing our military to use its air fields and its air space in a war with Iran. Governments abroad are saying no more to US policy. Good on them.

What is the solution? Simple, follow the US and State Constitutions to the letter, no interpretations, no assumptions, no leeway. The governor of Minnesota, where two innocent people were murdered by federal thugs in the last week, needs to say the following. And every other State Governor worth re-electing needs to openly support the following.

Mr. Trump, if you desire to be called President, it is damn well past time you acted like one, instead of acting like a petulant child on the school playground. There is no need to meet and discuss anything. You must unilaterally do these things;
1) Physically remove your jackboot thugs from Minnesota State and keep the actions of ICE, Border Patrol, FBI, and DHS limited to their lawful jurisdictions as defined by the national Constitution.
2) Obey your Oath of Office and demand all other federal employees do the same, including SCOTUS. SCOTUS does not have the authority to alter the meaning of the Constitution, only the States have that authority. Obey our nation's Constitution, respect the States' Constitutions, and leave obedience of State Constitutions up to State governments.
3) ICE apparently failed to halt immigrants with criminal records at our common border. [Or maybe ICE deliberately allowed those criminal immigrants into our States.] Now, most all immigrants are residing in our various States, and they fall under States' jurisdictions, not your national jurisdiction. Some States want to deport them, others have accepted them as residents. Those are State choices, and not your jurisdiction, Mr. Trump. Border Patrol/ICE's job ends at the border. It has no authority to occupy the streets of our States' cities, much less murder our residents. It has no authority to break down residential doors without a court order valid in the particular State. The National Guard does not have the authority to act on your orders within a State jurisdiction without the consent of that State's Governor. National and State constitutions all clearly separate national border protection from internal policing actions. That you must obey! States will react differently to policing its immigrants. That, you and hate-filled MAGA-hats must accept!
4) Finally, arrest every federal agent that committed murder, and that acted as an accomplice or conspirator to the murder of two Minnesota residents this past week. You have thirty (30) days to do so. Failure to do so will elicit two responses: 1) Minnesota State will issue warrants for their immediate and forceable arrest, without bond, on State charges; and 2) Minnesota State will issue a Censure of the Office of President of the United States, formally denying all actions contrary to the US Constitution, and advocating charges of impeachment.

The four issues above are the only ones the numerous States need to agree on. They can still hold to different paths for economic and cultural goals of their leadership and their people, both citizens and immigrants. They can still pursue their versions of Blue and Red. What will happen if the States do not join force on this singular issue? By far the majority of Americans will suffer, not benefit, from Washington D.C.'s unlawful international and domestic policies.
Whether the policy is international or domestic, the consequence is massive amounts of spending, the increase in annual government budget deficits, and the increase our country's unmanageable national debt that is held with Treasury Notes by foreign countries. The accumulated interest on those Notes will soon be so large that our government will not be able to pay it.
The consequences are a massively and continually depreciated dollar that will lead 99.5% of Americans into poverty, bankruptcy, and loss of property. The American system of Credit will collapse. Yes, over time American-made products will become relatively cheap in foreign markets. Trump believes that will increase demand for business with the US. But what businesses and products you ask? Good questions, the US stopped serious manufacturing two generations ago. Search for a 'Made in America' label in Walmart or on Amazon. You will find very few. Look at the amount of foreign parts on an "American-made" auto brand. At a time where there becomes foreign demand for US products there will no money to invest in new business, with most of us needing to stand in a breadline. So Trump's economic plan does nothing for most of us except lead into a long Depression.

Here I am, criticizing! Let me offer the economic solution in three steps: 1) deregulate all marketplaces; 2) balance the federal government's budget; and 3) return our currency to a precious metal standard. Easy-peasy.

Freedom to speak and assemble are not unique to a Leftist platform, they are Inalienable Rights of every human being in every jurisdiction, regardless of citizenship, political persuasion, skin color, age, sex, religious belief, culture, or spoken language.