The Constitution has been interpreted to create two types of citizens, each requiring their own courts. State citizens have District and Circuit courts of the United States. Citizens of the Federal government have United States District courts and the United States courts of Appeal. Everyone thinks that they are a State citizen when, in fact, they are Federal citizens who do not enjoy the Bill of Rights, or most Common Law rights.
Both citizens can be termed “US citizens.”
In the case of Hepburn and Dundas v. Ellzey. (6 US 445, 1805) Mssrs. Hepburn and Dundas lived in the new District of Columbia. They filed a lawsuit in the Federal court in Virginia that refused to hear the case because the plaintiffs were residents of D.C. They were surprised. If someone from another State or Country could file suit, why not them? The reason was that they were Federal citizens and the courts created by the Constitution were only for State citizens or foreigners. The Supreme Court upheld the decision.
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Congress created courts for their Federal citizens. The first one was the United States District court for the District of Columbia; it’s still there. Jumping through history, Puerto Rico was acquired by the Spanish American war as a US territory. A United States District court was placed there in 1900; it’s still there.
Social Security was a New Deal program created in 1935 for the Federal citizens living in D.C., Alaska, Hawaii and the other territories (Title XI, Social Security Act). It was created only for Federal citizens because there is no enumerated power given to Congress to conduct charity in the Several States.
The largest fraud in American history was the failure of Congress and later, the Supreme Court to tell everyone that if they get a Social Security number they are changing their citizenship to that of a Federal citizen with no Bill of Rights or most Common Law rights.
Proofs that everyone is now a Federal citizen are:
- A Federal form must be filled out before the purchase of a firearm.
- Everyone is paying an excise tax (income tax) on their property (paycheck, business profits, etc.). Constitutionally, property can only be taxed by a direct tax.
Congress is unrestrained by the Constitution when legislating for its citizens. So, unconstitutional laws are passed and upheld by the U.S. courts, (eg. 9th Circuit).
U.S. judges legislate, the President rules by mandate, and the bureaucracy is unchecked.
Only judges from the US Court of Appeals will ever be elevated to the Supreme Court. Judges who have proven themselves to be comfortable with the fraud. Remember Prof. Zork ?
More times than not, decisions like Roe v. Wade are based upon the 14th Amendment and no other part of the Constitution. The 14th Amendment (1868) made the newly freed slaves Federal citizens.
The only Federal trial court now is US District Court. The courts are in DC, the territories, and after 1948 in every one of the Several States (HR 3214, 1948).
All of these proofs are in plain sight and yet, people have such a poor understanding of the Constitution they can’t realize what has happened. It’s almost like the fable of The Emperor’s New Clothes. If something was true, someone would have said so before now. Ignorance is paralyzing; leaving people incredibly reluctant to actually challenge the established order and they are too busy to confirm the facts for themselves.
Until they do, the Constitution will remain lost in plain sight.
