§3331. Oath of office
An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services, shall take the following oath: “I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.” This section does not affect other oaths required by law.
This AM I was watching Fox Business channel and Judge Andrew Napolitano was discussing the DEA using travel records of citizens and approaching people in train stations, airports and the like. Convincing people to let them search their luggage and if they found any money in their luggage.. they bring a drug sniffing dog and lets the dog sniff the money and if the dog reacts… the DEA uses the civil forfeiture law to confiscate the money.. the vast majority of our paper money will test positive for some residue of some opiate. The person is never charged with any crime. Actually the MONEY is charged with the crime of having tested positive for opiates, and trying to get it back… you will be lucky to get a fraction of it returned to you. Reportedly, the DEA has confiscated some 200 million dollars in this manner.
Judge Napolitano said that the DEA has the right to seize the money because of a particular law/statue on the books.. HOWEVER.. it is the Judge’s opinion is that the statue/law itself is UNCONSTITUTIONAL !
Currently our Congress is 43% attorneys ( 170 House, 60 Senate) and I suspect that .. that per-cent has changed very little over the years. So we have close to a majority of attorneys in Congress that have passed laws that they knew or should have known was unconstitutional. We an Attorney General that has not advised the President that a bill that he is signing into law is unconstitutional ?
The question is … how many laws do we have that are basically unconstitutional.. yet enforced ? Are these members of Congress violating the oath they took when they came to Congress ? If/when a law is challenged in our courts and the law is determined to be unconstitutional… should all those who voted for and/or signed into law be recalled or impeached ?
The USA has been around for 240 yrs and yet Congress finds the need to pass some 300-400 new laws every year. When is enough is enough ?
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jmo,,I think we need to make the Declaration Of Independence LEGAL LAW,, not ,”natural law,” for if it was,,,our governments war on pain patients would of never happen’d,,,for it would ADD to thee illegal actions against us,by our own government,I can’t believe the Declaration of Independence is not law!!!!!MARY