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- 'Tis the SEASON for 'TREASON' - or is it SEDITION?
"Lawfully Speaking" Vol. III, Issue No. 8 - December 21st, 2001
Written by William H. Huff - Copyright at Common Law by LEXREX, 2001, reprinted with permission.
According to Mr. Bartlett of quote-gathering fame, Sir John Harrington once stated, "Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason."
While ‘U.S. Authorities’ try to decide what to do with John Walker, 'Native [not aboriginal] American' 'Taliban Fighter,' we hear little in the major media regarding the Constitutional Paradox that is staring us in the face: Without a lawful war, how can you prosecute ‘Treason’ lawfully speaking?
When you ‘need’ a war, and you are in a terrible rush, there may be some loose ends. Perhaps John Walker’s dilemma will provide us with yet another object lesson from those who continue to try finding new and creative ways around our Constitution. It is my hope that Americans will be impressed once again with our desperate need to study and competently enforce our Constitution BEFORE we suffer ultimate national embarrassment.
Here we see an example of a man who, for whatever reason, decided his allegiance was to the cause of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Had he been fighting with them against the Russians I doubt that we would ever know his name. Had he been fighting somewhere else for some clandestine operation of the CIA, again, he would remain anonymous [probably for reasons of ‘national security’]. Ironically, we might also know him had he distinguished himself as Michael New by refusing to go along with the UN-American agenda of the UN - an agenda that seems to be required only when it suits the best purposes of the global elite or the most powerful military nation or 'coalition.' Michael had to be punished for allegiance to the Constitution. Now a way to punish Walker must be devised without revealing not only contempt for the Constitution but also carefully skirting issues of alleged international law and perhaps the Geneva Conventions as well.
If Michael New’s case is a precedent, one can be punished for loyalty to the Constitution. Those military tribunals are certainly efficient aren’t they?
When government servants deliberately try to trash the Constitution throughout their entire Criminal careers it is even more frustrating to hear them quibbling over nuances of law under the Constitution. Is ‘Treason’ only what it was understood to be when the Constitution was ratified, or is it an elastic thing that can be stretched around John Walker’s neck? Is Walker a prisoner of war, or is he an undeclared prisoner of an undeclared war? If Walker cannot be guilty of ‘Treason’ since no war was lawfully declared, can he be punished, or even put to death, under some new law that they make up in order to avoid embarrassing themselves over their Constitutional negligence? And if under some new law, his attorneys, it must be hoped, would seize upon another rusty old Constitutional principle: the prohibition of an ex post facto law. - Article I, Sec. 9, Cl. 3.
Then again, a really clever prosecuting attorney might insist that Walker was outside of all Constitutional protections because he was fighting in a jurisdiction outside of the 50 States, and, in fact, in a territory where there was arguably no lawful government or court system. This approach could be further complicated by the fact that the U.S. military was operating under similar circumstances without a Lawful Declaration of War. Where did they get their jurisdiction? Of course, the U.S. military, especially at the highest levels, and the entire Bush family, might not want to push the case into the so-called World Court in The Hague, as this precedent could ultimately result in their being indicted by the same court at some point in the future, when the worst of their [alleged] unlawful acts are ‘outed.’ A primary element of lawful jurisdiction is geographic location. Ask any honest judge or consult a law dictionary. They have not begun to answer the other jurisdictional requirements of subject matter, venue, and whether or not such and such a court can assert jurisdiction with regard to the person of the accused. All of these complicated issues might be used by either side in this case.
In keeping with the Harrington quote above, it almost goes without saying, that, no one in the U.S. military or the White House should ever be tried for anything. After all, they ‘won,’ the ‘war’ didn’t they? ‘Winners’ cannot commit ‘war crimes.’ Everyone ‘knows’ that - unless it is brought up at some future time when they have become ‘vulnerable.’ Bill Clinton’s lawyers could make up a new list of foolish assertions for their defence in any case.
The Catch 22?
If Walker is not guilty of Treason, perhaps President Bush is guilty of placing our military men in harm’s way without a Lawful Declaration of War, which I am inclined to believe could rise to the level of a Felony crime with regard to actual losses of American lives. But of course I am not a clever government attorney. Nevertheless it will be marvelous to see how they work this out. It’s a good thing for them the major media couldn’t care less about the law or the Constitution - or for honest journalism for that matter.
With Bush’s popularity on the rise we see that famous quote certified once more. The redefined ‘Treason’ of Walker must not be allowed to prosper while the possible Felonies of the ‘Commander in Chief’ must be re-defined as noble acts. All the while Americans will be asked to define away their fundamental God-given unalienable rights in exchange for the latest definition of ‘government protection.’
I think the very least the Bush family can do in the wake of this ‘terrible humanitarian tragedy’ is to make sure a huge oil pipeline gets installed in Afghanistan as soon as possible, with the help of the Cheney family and other ‘friends of the Afghan people’ of course. Maybe we can get our new ‘Patriot Czar,’ the ubiquitous William Bennett, to help set up the new Afghan free public education system. I wonder what the Afghanis think of ‘Czars.’ I have to suppose many Americans are not at all concerned over the illusion of excessive authority conveyed by calling a government servant a ‘Czar.’ The word does derive from ‘Caesar.’ Shall we have a ‘Patriot Nero?’ Does Bennett play the Fiddle?
What is ‘Treason?’
According to the United States Code in Title 18 at Section 2381:
"Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States..."
Can one side ‘levy war’ whilst the other side levies an ‘International Police Action?’ Could Walker be guilty of ‘Quasi-Treason?’ Was Walker only a participant in an ‘Anti-Police Action?’
Since the new ‘laws’ regarding the treatment of certain non-Americans cannot apply, perhaps the American People are in for an education, not of what ought to be, but of how strained legal ‘interpretations’ can become for political, or perhaps even commercial purposes. We have a fair chance of seeing some of the best sophistry of our lifetimes.
Sedition is what the Congress and President have been doing for many Presidents and many Congresses.
Willfully overthrowing the supreme Law of the United States, the lawful government, our Constitution, is by definition ‘Sedition.’ The Constitution IS the ‘Government of the United States.’ The government cannot be comprised of mere mortals and their capricious edicts. It can only be represented in their lawful, Constitutional acts, since it remains the ‘supreme Law of the Land.’ Anything they do in violation of it is not law but a legal fiction.
The United States Code defines ‘Sedition’ with some precision:
18 USC Sec. 2384. - Seditious conspiracy
"If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof..."
So it appears the very folks accusing Walker of ‘Treason’ may be guilty of the crime of ‘Sedition’ and/or multiple Felonies for placing American service personnel in the position to lose their lives for an action that did not rise to the level of a lawful war. This is not the first time of course, and they are ‘banking’ on the forgetfulness of the American People and their inability to add 2+2. Since they often stay up all night sometimes working at it, I think they easily meet the ‘conspiracy’ criterion of the statute above.
Who knows what price we will pay for not calling our government into account - for not requiring our servants to obey the law? Where is our Resolve? When, if ever, are we going to demand accountability?
Not to worry - Treason, Sedition, Murder, Felony - can all be re-defined until there will be no ‘crime’ in the world - only a lot of ‘missing persons.’
This has all happened before.
It is clear that our Founding generation intended not only to put an end to tyranny; and certainly they meant for us to be able to recognize it when it was knocking at our doors. Sadly, a long train of treasonous and seditious acts have been accepted as precedents for a continuance in Error that must ‘reap the whirlwind’ eventually. It is hard to say if we have reached the point of no return. God forbid! What we do know is that the most informed citizens agree with James Madison who insisted that the longer a Correction is put off the more dreadful the consequences. This is true in the lives of men and of nations, "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." - Galatians 6:7
For those neophytes who really can’t comprehend how I could dare say our government servants have despised the Constitution for many decades, I would enter into evidence the Federal Reserve Banks [not a lawful part of our government which represents a fraud on the People of the United States]; the debasing of our lawful money [the Coinage Act of 1792 still Lawfully defines a ‘dollar’ as 374.25 grains of Fine Silver - not a paper coupon], and the simple fact that we have Standing Armies among us [de facto] in times of ‘Peace.’
The clause in the Treason citation above that strikes me the most is ‘Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States...’
Should the President and Congress give allegiance to anything more than to the Constitution of the United States? Do they daily honor their Oaths to it? If you study LEXREX you will soon be able to answer these questions for yourselves.
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William Huff was the senior editor for Reasonable Action as a staff member for the Save-A-Patriot Fellowship for many years. His work on Reasonable Action, the fellowship's members only magazine was beyond a doubt some of the finest work to leave Westminster Maryland. He has since developed his own web site LEXREX [Law is King] and continues to this day to be an active participant in the fellowship routinely providing lectures at the free public meetings at fellowship headquarters on Saturday evenings.
Wishing you a tax-free day,
The Tax Freedom 101 Staff
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