Comments for July4.org http://july4.org We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on The Battle of Rocky Roost by Ben Seewald http://july4.org/83/#comment-17 Ben Seewald Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:13:43 +0000 http://july4.org/?p=83#comment-17 So, if all of the reports are true, this is a sad commentary on the state of affairs in our nation. If high-handed abuse of power, harassment, and intimidation by Federal bureaucrats and officials could happen to these our Garland County neighbors, such could all too easily happen to any of us. What next? So, if all of the reports are true, this is a sad commentary on the state of affairs in our nation. If high-handed abuse of power, harassment, and intimidation by Federal bureaucrats and officials could happen to these our Garland County neighbors, such could all too easily happen to any of us. What next?

]]> Comment on Why Are Municipal ETJ’s Unconstitutional? by Michael Seewald http://july4.org/why-are-municipal-etjs-unconsttutional/#comment-8 Michael Seewald Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:17:12 +0000 http://july4.org/?p=47#comment-8 The Declaration of Independence, our founding document states, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, DERIVING THEIR JUST POWERS FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED..." The inference here is that a government that is not elected by its constituents does not have just powers to govern that group of people. When a city government expands its jurisdiction beyond its voting population to territory in another jurisdiction, that constitutes an unjust authority because the people have no ability to overturn any policies forced upon them by rulers they never put into power and have no power to recall. The Declaration of Independence, our founding document states,

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, DERIVING THEIR JUST POWERS FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED…”

The inference here is that a government that is not elected by its constituents does not have just powers to govern that group of people. When a city government expands its jurisdiction beyond its voting population to territory in another jurisdiction, that constitutes an unjust authority because the people have no ability to overturn any policies forced upon them by rulers they never put into power and have no power to recall.

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