Constitutionally constraining the press

 

July 9, 2022

Phil Beaver seeks to collaborate on the-objective-truth, which can only be discovered. The comment box below invites readers to write.

"Civic" refers to citizens who collaborate for individual happiness with civic integrity more than for the city, state, nation, or society.

Consider writing a personal paraphrase of the preamble, which offers fellow citizens mutual appreciation:  For discussion, I convert the preamble’s predicate phrases to nouns and paraphrase it for my interpretation of its proposal as follows We the People of the United States proffer & practice 5 public disciplines —- integrity, justice, safety, strength, and prosperity, “in order to” encourage & facilitate responsible-human-independence “to ourselves and our Posterity”. I want to improve my interpretation by listening to other citizens and their interpretations yet would preserve the original, 1787, text, unless it is amended by the people.

It seems the Supreme Court occasionally refers to it, and no one has challenged whether or not the preamble is a legal statement. The fact that it changed this independent country from a confederation of states to a union of states deliberately managed by disciplined fellow citizens convinces me the preamble is legal. Equity in opportunity and outcome is shared by the people who collaborate for human justice.

Every citizen has equal opportunity to either trust-in and collaborate-on the goals stated in the preamble or be dissident to the agreement. I think 2/3 of citizens try somewhat to use the preamble but many do not articulate commitment to the goals. However, it seems less than 2/3 understand that “posterity” implies grandchildren. “Freedom of religion,” which fellow citizens have no means to discipline, oppresses freedom to develop integrity.

Selected theme from this week

Constitutionally constraining the press

Many writers for the media do all they can to create the myth that the U.S. is a democracy rather than a constitutional republic. The consequence is many innocent citizens objecting to gradually developing justice as evolution unfolds.

It matters not what the media-writer’s intentions may be. The fact that their writing subverts the U.S. dedication to its republican intentions is provable and egregious.

What’s missing is statutory law and enforcement. For example, the writer could be subject to jail time and the publisher held to hefty fines. The time to end unconstrained freedom of the press is now.

News

We the People of the United States bemused by congressional freedom of religion (msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mitt-romney-s-takedown-of-donald-trump-isn-t-getting-the-reaction-he-was-hoping-for/ar-AAZeAk1?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=da821034631b45e5be7894c4b53a0c43)

Mormonism in U.S. politics is suspect if not guilty. It seems voters are beginning to recognize that freedom of religion according to the First Amendment is for Congress, at the people’s expense.
 
For example, the Mormon male trusts that he is a saint and his wives therefore have a direct path to heaven. Voters should never elect a self-deemed saint into political power, because what a saint trusts may not be constitutional. That is, saints cannot resist trusting that they are above the law.

And the person who boasts they have Jesus in their heart (claiming Jesus’ authority to judge) may not have recognized Jesus’ affirmation of Genesis 1:28. Ancient political philosophy, expressed before Abraham was born, effectively accepts both mysterious “love” by God and “peace” by Jesus, and assigns safety& security on earth solely to human being. The people can& may elect leaders who comprehend and pursue comprehensive safety& security: responsible-human-independence (RHI).

The 1787 U.S. intentions are abstractly stated in the preamble to the Constitution. Civic-citizens develop five domestic disciplines – integrity, justice, safety, strength, and prosperity, “in order to” practice, facilitate, and encourage RHI “to ourselves and our Posterity”. Religious discipline is assigned to adult privacy.

I think President Trump administered constitutionally despite each an unconstitutional Congress, legislating Supreme Court, and Christian vice-president. The articles specify how the people may amend the constitution and guarantee a republican form of government; specifically to pursue the rule of law rather than democracy.

In 1791, Congress assigned to itself freedom of religion at the expense of the people. After 231 years’ congressional tyranny, the civic-citizens can& may amend the religion clauses in the First Amendment to: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or [promoting] the free exercise thereof.

Civic-citizens embrace their religious hopes, for example, accepting both God’s love and Jesus’s peace. But they practice, facilitate, and encourage RHI in their way of pursuing the happiness they perceive, without submitting to someone else’s vision for them.

Columns

I hope Eddie Rispone will improve Louisiana roads (The Advocate) (https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_faa1dc78-eab0-11e9-abb2-cf1e12504cd2.html)

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quora.com/unanswered/What-are-civic-rights-and-responsibilities? by Adamsay A.L Turay

In a responsible culture, civic-citizens can& may exercise the opportunity to practice, facilitate, and encourage responsible-human-independence (RHI).

The responsible civic-citizen earns enough to pay for lifestyle preferences as well as to both enforce the rule-of-law and to develop statutory justice.

Human-being is responsible for safety& security on earth. Dependent fellow-citizens risk constraint due to religion, indolence, crime, or tyranny. The laws of physics constrain the consequences of human choice.

quora.com/unanswered/What-are-some-examples-of-civic-issues? by Ishan Ignatius

Civic issues are of more self-interest than civil issues, which are often erroneous. For example, many citizens think they want social democracy rather than the U.S. constitutional republic. The rule of law "to ourselves and our Posterity” is a continuing pursuit.

First, in a civic culture, persons divide on responsible-human-independence (RHI) versus dependency. The dependencies include religion, indolence, crime, and tyranny. The fellow-citizen who does not accept the self-interest of RHI is either stubborn or arrogant and invites subjugation by civic-citizens. Civic-citizens hope subjugation inspires reform to necessary justice.

The civic-citizen neither initiates nor accommodates harm to or from any person or association. Consequently, the civic-citizen earns enough income to sustain both their responsible pursuit of happiness and fund civil constraints under statutory justice.

Civic issues address reliability in human connections and transactions, while civil issues address necessary justice in public affairs.

I think the demand, neither initiate nor accommodate harm, can be used to develop personal interest in RHI.

quora.com/What-are-some-examples-of-non-civic-issues? by Roblox Gamer

The civic-citizen neither initiates nor accommodates harm to or from any person or institution. Not every person accepts civic responsibility, and therefore fellow citizens must develop and maintain statutory justice; that is, responsible rule of law and its enforcement. Too often, laws are based on civil precedent rather than civic necessity.

Choices that may impact the market but otherwise do not limit responsible fellow-citizen’s lives are non-civic. Some civic choices are made civil by law. For example, freedom of religion-or-none is civically inalienable but, in the U.S., civilly imposed. And the religious imposition is to Congress at the expense of the people.

Citizens may choose a chocolate -- white, dark, or milk – without civic imposition. However, civil restraint that requires producers to make only white chocolate is un-civic.

Physics and its progeny, genes and memes, determine gender. To promote the imagination and trust that a person can benefit from dedicating their life to personal-gender-change is un-civic.

It takes a quarter-century for the child to develop the comprehension and intention to develop their unique person. The heterosexual child needs to experience a heterosexual family. To embark on same-sex rearing of heterosexual children is non-civic and perhaps non-civil according to statutory justice.

Global warming is a fact. However, other than population reduction, no one knows a physically viable approach to constraint. To promote remedies that are economically unfeasible is non-civic.

The U.S. constitution guarantees the states a republican form of government. To promote democracy is un-civic.

I see online-warnings about Roblox play. Perhaps it is non-civic gaming.

Regardless, I appreciate your question and say so on my blog, promotethepreamble.blogspot.com, the post dated July 25, 2020.

 

quora.com/Why-is-form-so-often-preferred-over-substance-in-everything-from-debate-to-architecture-to-politics? by Lawrence Cromwell

Q: Why is form so often preferred over substance in everything from debate to architecture to politics?

A: I perceive 3 reasons, one somewhat useful.

First, in accepted form, the speaker is almost certain to be understood by listeners who comprehend the conventions. Small consolation, since there are many conventions. For example, Albert Einstein failed to communicate integrity& research to religion& science audiences. Also, an American cannot articulate responsible-human-independence (RHI) to an English audience.

Second, listeners are proud of the lives they live and resist the humility to appreciate the speaker on par with them: a god-facing-death. I appreciate your question, Mr. Cromwell, so spent precious time to respond. I am rewarded by what I learned from brief study.

Third, scholars who-decide-form, intentionally or not, work to protect the politically elite, hoping the elites will choose to pay the scholars above average wages.

Take, for example, the word “ineluctable”. It has been in use since 1570. Its meaning is controversial. I prefer “not to be avoided, changed, or resisted”. Some dictionaries avoid “changed”, I think in error. A 1620 meaning is “not to be escaped by struggling”, which implies that escape without struggle is permissible. A judge can simply award injustice: therefore, “inescapable” has no substance. People who learn “ineluctable” and a meaning seem reluctant to practice, facilitate, and encourage its use. Why?

“Ineluctable truth” has been published since about 1906. Imagine a trial-clerk asking the witness to swear to reveal ineluctable-evidence that they know. Evidence not to be avoided, changed, or resisted lessens a judge’s discretion to let the guilty escape without struggling.

I hope 2022 initiates widespread public awareness of “the-ineluctable-truth”, adding precision, accuracy, and depth to “truth”.

People accept form over substance due to honest lack of self-interest. But people are not served by honesty and can& may develop integrity.

Law professors

John Berlau, lawliberty.org/a-declaration-of-independence-from-the-administrative-state/?

President Trump’s people’s attack on the-swamp is at work as we celebrate July 4, 2022!

On a decade-old Congressional negligence, “. . . the SEC chose to pursue Jarkesy in an internal proceeding before an administrative law judge (ALJ) rather than a normal federal court that is part of the judicial branch created by the Constitution’s Article III.”

“On multiple grounds, the Fifth Circuit majority found in denying Jarkesy the venue of an Article III court in which to defend himself, the SEC violated the Constitution.”

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Chris, I appreciate your messages on Kerri's generous sharing.

Not everyone can recall a crowded doctor's office when the 1-year plan is delivered.

Some persons love themselves from memories of a stranger taking their heartfelt-concerns seriously -- no matter how long ago or incidental, and how un-named the listener may have been. Listening often sooths. Sometimes it initiates speaker-awakening never-to-be-known to the listener.

The listener appreciates both life and the people in it. Listening is what you do daily, Chris, and many people become open-minded and open-hearted by experiencing your goodness. Some persons don’t get it but can& may.

facebook.com/phil.beaver.52 July 5, 2022

Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief yet has not the awareness/intent to credit recent, wonderful curtailment of the administrative state to the commander-in-chief of U.S. politics: Donald Trump. Read Trump's inaugural address. Then read Tobin's opinion: msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/scotus-deals-a-blow-to-the-unaccountable-unelected-administrative-state-opinion/ar-AAZdgaT?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=960ebbb36c1b4978bfcac0117c6fea96

Additionally, Tobin should be informed enough to cite the U.S. constitutional republic rather than “constitution and democracy”.

Establishing reliable journalism may require a constitutional amendment neither the framers nor the first Congress could negotiate.

facebook.com/phil.beaver.52 July 4, 2022

This morning, I am grateful that Sally and Robert Fitzgerald shared non-fiction from Flannery O’Connor in “Mystery and Manners”, 1957. Myth is suggested.

O’Connor expressed the necessity to discover “the spirit which makes it itself. [Discovery intrudes] upon the timeless, and that is only done by the violence of a single minded respect for the truth.” Our friend John Harbo takes “violence” therein to mean “passion”.

To try to lend to "truth" accuracy, precision, and depth, I use “the-ineluctable-truth”, where “ineluctable” means “not to be avoided, changed, or resisted”. I'd like to consider an improved expression.

July 4, which could be dedicated to the necessary-justice of responsible-human-independence (RHI), is hijacked by political elites, in order to promote national myths: equality, freedom, and liberty.

Elite politicians preserve Anglo-American tradition despite the 1787 intentions proffered in the U.S. Constitution: six domestic disciplines “to ourselves and our Posterity”.

The disciplines are: integrity, justice, safety, strength, prosperity, and responsibility. However, the homo sapiens can& may choose dependency rather than discipline. Dependencies include religion, indolence, crime, and tyranny.

In 1791, Congress seized freedom-of-religion to Congress, at the people's expense. The latest egregious consequence is the 6:3 Supreme Court opinion that Kennedy v. Bremerton School District must encourage Christians to refuse Jesus’s advice. Government ought not encourage believers to arrogate their own scripture.

Jesus instructed trust-in prayer-in-the-closet rather than exhibitionism. Justices can’t practice ceremony alone, so they’re erroneously compelled to grant to Christians arrogance toward Jesus. I hope Supreme Court folly is soon corrected. Congress can& may amend the First Amendment's second religion clause to "nor [promoting] the free exercise thereof".

July 4 is, each year, at the leading edge of 300,000 years’ cultural evolution by homo sapiens. In 2022, it seems evident that neither God nor government can usurp human-being’s responsibility to practice, facilitate, and encourage safety& security to the lesser species and to the earth. Homo sapiens can& may ponder that God proffers love while Jesus proffers peace, and each person may choose to practice, facilitate, and encourage safety& security.

Perhaps Flannery O’Connor suggests mystery& manners grounded in myths can be reformed to RHI.

Let 2022 be the year 2/3 of Americans let go of the mythical totalitarianism of “We the People of the United States” and accept that only citizens who trust-in and commit-to the preamble’s six domestic disciplines can provide the safety& security that is needed for dependent fellow-citizens to reform to RHI.

Phil Beaver does not “know.” He trusts in and is committed to the-objective-truth which can only be discovered. Conventional wisdom has truth founded on reason, but it obviously does not work.

Phil is agent for A Civic People of the United States, a Louisiana, education non-profit corporation. See online at promotethepreamble.blogspot.com, and consider essays from the latest and going back as far as you like.