The federal government has no powers or authority that emanates inherently fromitself, despite its claim to the contrary, but must rely solely upon thedelegation of those powers and that authority from the Sovereignty of the Peopleof the Several States. The federal government is a reflection of the States unitedthrough the Voluntary Compact of Union, otherwise known as the Constitution.The allegiance of the People therefore, will naturally be toward their respectiveStates since it is the Several States that make up the Voluntary Union of Stateswhich reflects those States through the usage of Three Distinct and SeparateBranches. Each of those Branches are also totally dependent on the ConcurrentConsent of the States and the People in their Sovereign Character as each Branchdepends on the Delegation of Their Power and Authority to act.So, the States were Ordained to act through the powers and authority delegated tothem by the Sovereign People of each State, in turn the federal government wasOrdained by the States to act both on the behalf of the States and in turn thePeople Sovereign. The government of the United States is not now, nor has it everbeen singular, but reflects the Several States by their Concurrent Consent asOrdained and Granted by the People.The Preamble of the Constitution defines the reasons for the Ordination of thegovernment and those reasons are clearly enumerated as very specific objects: "toform a more perfect union, to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure theblessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity." So, it was the SeveralStates, or the People that make up the Several States, that Ordained thegovernment through the Ratification of the Constitution between them; this Act ofConcurrent Consent and Ratification did not place the federal government over theStates or the People, the Several States, and thus the People only delegated adegree of authority and power to it in order for it to fulfill the specificenumerated objects previously stated.It is obvious therefore, or at least it should be, that the one to whom authorityand power is delegated is not, nor can it be higher then the one delegating thatpower and authority. The Authority that ordains and establishes must therefore, behigher than that which is ordained and established. This should be common sense,unfortunately the assumption of powers not only usurps common sense, but power aswell.The 10th Amendment states clearly that: "The powers not delegated to the UnitedStates by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved tothe States respectively, or to the people."So, by the Compact between the Several States vested a degree of power andauthority to the general or federal government. It split this power and authoritybetween Three Branches, distinct in purpose and operations. The 10th Amendmentthen continues to say that those powers that are not delegated to the federalgovernment and that are not prohibited by it [the Constitution] are reserved tothe States or to the People. This is not a limitation upon either the States orthe People, but solely upon the federal government of these United States. It isalso apparent that there are powers and authority that the People did not delegateto either the States or the federal government, but that are completely retainedby them alone.This is the bar, the measurement of all government action and legislation. Therecan be no action or legislation that infringes upon the Retained Rights, theRetained Authority and Power of the People. Although Congress and even the StateLegislatures tend to present and pass legislation that does not conform to the
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