1. Understanding Federal Tyranny, Part 1 www.PatriotCorps.org
Released into the Public Domain
January 12, 2019
Visuals and Text by: Matt Erickson
Edited and Narrated by: Frank Caprio

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5. Members of Congress and supreme Court justices

6. Members of Congress and supreme Court justices

7. Members of Congress and supreme Court justices
Take a binding Oath (or Affirmation)

8. Members of Congress and supreme Court justices
Take a binding Oath (or Affirmation)
“to support this Constitution…”

9. “preserve, protect and defend” the Constitution of the United States.
American Presidents
“preserve, protect and defend”
the Constitution of the United States.

10. How do Members of Congress and federal officials

11. How do Members of Congress and federal officials
bypass their constitutional restraints?

12. How do Members of Congress and federal officials
obtain federal authority in the first place?

14. The Independence Pie Chart
Free and Independent States

15. 1787

17. Article VII Ratification Process

18. Article VII Ratification Process
“The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States

19. Article VII Ratification Process
“The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution

20. Article VII Ratification Process
“The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.”

21. The Independence Pie Chart
Free and Independent States

22. Ratification Pie Chart

23. Article V Amendment Process

24. Article V Amendment Process
“Amendments…shall be valid…as part of this Constitution,

25. Article V Amendment Process
“Amendments…shall be valid…as part of this Constitution, when ratified by…three fourths of the several States.”

26. Amended Pie Chart

27. Feral Pie Chart

28. Article VII Ratification Process

29. Article VII Ratification Process Article V Amendment Process

30. All Members of Congress and all federal officials
swear an oath to support the Constitution.

31. Does the Binding Oath no longer Bind?

32. Have government Servants become our political Masters?

33. The Peculiar Conundrum

34. The Peculiar Conundrum The odd phenomenon

35. The Peculiar Conundrum
The odd phenomenon of members of Congress and federal officials

36. The Peculiar Conundrum
The odd phenomenon of members of Congress and federal officials bypassing their constitutional constraints,

37. The Peculiar Conundrum
The odd phenomenon of members of Congress and federal officials bypassing their constitutional constraints, with impunity.

38. Feral Pie Chart

39. Feral Pie Chart

41. Feral Pie Chart ?

42. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17

43. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 “Congress shall have Power…

44. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation

45. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever,

46. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square)

47. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress,

48. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States,

50. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States,

51. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority

52. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be,

53. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings.”

59. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings.”

60. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings.”

61. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings.”

62. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings.”

63. Amended Pie Chart

64. Amended Pie Chart

65. Feral Pie Chart

66. Feral Pie Chart

67. Exclusive Legislation Pie Chart
Federal Authority

68. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings.”

69. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings.”

70. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings.”

71. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings.”

72. Ratification Pie Chart

73. Amended Pie Chart

74. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings.”

76. Exclusive Legislation Pie Chart
Federal Authority

77. Exclusive Legislation Pie Chart

78. Exclusive Legislation Pie Chart

79. Exclusive Legislation Pie Chart

80. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
“Congress shall have Power…To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings.”

81. Declaration of Independence

82. Declaration of Independence “The…King of Great-Britain…

83. Declaration of Independence “The…King of Great-Britain… “He has…

84. Declaration of Independence
“The…King of Great-Britain… “He has…(given) his Assent to…Acts of pretended Legislation…

85. Declaration of Independence
“The…King of Great-Britain… “He has…(given) his Assent to…Acts of pretended Legislation… “FOR

86. Declaration of Independence
“The…King of Great-Britain… “He has…(given) his Assent to…Acts of pretended Legislation… “FOR suspending our own Legislatures,

87. Declaration of Independence
“The…King of Great-Britain… “He has…(given) his Assent to…Acts of pretended Legislation… “FOR suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with Power to legislate for us

88. Declaration of Independence
“The…King of Great-Britain… “He has…(given) his Assent to…Acts of pretended Legislation… “FOR suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with Power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.”

89. South Carolina’s 1776 State Constitution

90. South Carolina’s 1776
State Constitution
“Whereas the British Parliament,

91. South Carolina’s 1776
State Constitution
“Whereas the British Parliament, claiming of late years a right to bind the North American colonies by law

92. South Carolina’s 1776
State Constitution
“Whereas the British Parliament, claiming of late years a right to bind the North American colonies by law in all cases whatsoever…

93. South Carolina’s 1776
State Constitution
“Whereas the British Parliament, claiming of late years a right to bind the North American colonies by law in all cases whatsoever…without the consent and against the will of the colonists...”

94. Great Britain’s 1766 Declaratory Act

95. Great Britain’s 1766 Declaratory Act “The King's majesty…

96. Great Britain’s 1766
Declaratory Act
“The King's majesty…had, hath, and of right ought to have,

97. Great Britain’s 1766
Declaratory Act
“The King's majesty…had, hath, and of right ought to have, full power and authority

98. Great Britain’s 1766
Declaratory Act
“The King's majesty…had, hath, and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws…of sufficient force and validity

99. Great Britain’s 1766
Declaratory Act
“The King's majesty…had, hath, and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws…of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America,

100. Great Britain’s 1766
Declaratory Act
“The King's majesty…had, hath, and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws…of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the crown of Great Britain,

101. Great Britain’s 1766
Declaratory Act
“The King's majesty…had, hath, and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws…of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.”

103. Article VII & Article V

104. Article VII & Article V

105. Article VII & Article V

106. Article VII & Article V

107. Article VII & Article V
Article I

108. Article VII & Article V
Article I

109. Article VII & Article V
Article I

110. Article VII & Article V
Article I

111. Article VII & Article V
Article I
Article I,
Section 8,
Clause 17

112. Article VII & Article V
Article I
Article I,
Section 8,
Clause 17

113. Article VII & Article V
Article I
Article I,
Section 8,
Clause 17

114. Article VII & Article V
Article I
Article I,
Section 8,
Clause 17

115. Article VII & Article V
Article I
Article I,
Section 8,
Clause 17

116. Article VII & Article V
Article I
Article I,
Section 8,
Clause 17

117. Article VII & Article V
Article I
Article I,
Section 8,
Clause 17

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