red states rule
03-18-2010, 07:50 AM
Got this in an email, and it makes alot of sense. I know we have some lawyers here, and I welcome some feedback
The 13th Amendment is very short and easy to understand.
1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
All Involuntary Servitude is unconstitutional in the United States. This means that the Government is supposed to be protecting people and their businesses from being forced to serve anybody. Mandates from the Federal Government forcing Insurance Companies to take certain customers, whether they want them or not, is definitely a case of Involuntary Servitude.
In the United States of America, it is illegal for anybody to be FORCED into Involuntary Servitude. This does not mean that once an Insurance Company makes a contract with somebody to cover them that it cannot be enforced. If an Insurance Company failed to live up to contracts which it VOLUNTARILY entered into, this would be a case of fraud. The Government is supposed to be protecting us from fraud. But the Government is not allowed, and does not have the authority to force anybody into involuntary servitude. You get to decide whom you will, or will not, serve. Government can tell you what you cannot do to somebody else, but it may not tell you what you must do FOR somebody else. I.E. Socialism and Communism are illegal in the United States.
If you're thinking to yourself that you can find examples of the Government already forcing people into Involuntary Servitude, you are correct. All Government Social Welfare Handout Programs violate the 13th Amendment by putting the Taxpayer in a position of Involuntary Servitude to those who are receiving the handouts. But adding a Pre-Existing Condition Mandate to a long list of unconstitutional laws, does not make this unconstitutional law any more constitutional. We've just been asleep at the wheel as the Government has been breaking the law and violating Liberty. But there is no time like the present to start turning this around.
While you are calling you Congressmen and telling them not to vote for the Health Care Takeover, make sure that you inform them of the 13th Amendment's prohibition on Involuntary Servitude. Then remind them of their oath of office to uphold the Constitution. Let them know if you are interested in looking into what the ramifications are for violating their oath of office.
The 13th Amendment is very short and easy to understand.
1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
All Involuntary Servitude is unconstitutional in the United States. This means that the Government is supposed to be protecting people and their businesses from being forced to serve anybody. Mandates from the Federal Government forcing Insurance Companies to take certain customers, whether they want them or not, is definitely a case of Involuntary Servitude.
In the United States of America, it is illegal for anybody to be FORCED into Involuntary Servitude. This does not mean that once an Insurance Company makes a contract with somebody to cover them that it cannot be enforced. If an Insurance Company failed to live up to contracts which it VOLUNTARILY entered into, this would be a case of fraud. The Government is supposed to be protecting us from fraud. But the Government is not allowed, and does not have the authority to force anybody into involuntary servitude. You get to decide whom you will, or will not, serve. Government can tell you what you cannot do to somebody else, but it may not tell you what you must do FOR somebody else. I.E. Socialism and Communism are illegal in the United States.
If you're thinking to yourself that you can find examples of the Government already forcing people into Involuntary Servitude, you are correct. All Government Social Welfare Handout Programs violate the 13th Amendment by putting the Taxpayer in a position of Involuntary Servitude to those who are receiving the handouts. But adding a Pre-Existing Condition Mandate to a long list of unconstitutional laws, does not make this unconstitutional law any more constitutional. We've just been asleep at the wheel as the Government has been breaking the law and violating Liberty. But there is no time like the present to start turning this around.
While you are calling you Congressmen and telling them not to vote for the Health Care Takeover, make sure that you inform them of the 13th Amendment's prohibition on Involuntary Servitude. Then remind them of their oath of office to uphold the Constitution. Let them know if you are interested in looking into what the ramifications are for violating their oath of office.