x-sender: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com x-receiver: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com Received: from mail pickup service by IQ12 with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 9 Oct 2015 19:13:50 -0400 thread-index: AdEC6Cg/t2mlTOulSWmVnBbSQxuomA== Thread-Topic: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Obama's_Trans-Pacific_Partnership:_A_Fraudulent_Contract._?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?What_can_we_do_about_it=3F?= From: To: Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Obama's_Trans-Pacific_Partnership:_A_Fraudulent_Contract._?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?What_can_we_do_about_it=3F?= Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 19:13:50 -0400 Message-ID: <7031EE4D7BD448C996AC37BF767F8C17@IQ12> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7601.17609 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Oct 2015 23:13:50.0279 (UTC) FILETIME=[28551D70:01D102E8] CUSTOM Mr Rocky O Bensch Concerned Citizen numerous PO Box 392 147 Song Bird Trail Pickens SC 29671 rockybensch@gmail.com 864-507-3095 864-552-0399 ETHI Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Fraudulent Contract. What can we do about it? 99.24.157.29 Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Fraudulent Contract What can we do about it? KrisAnne Hall October 8, 2015 at 12:44pm Obama promised he would make us just like Europe. He is fulfilling that promise. What can we do about it? Everyone is going to be talking about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for the next few days. After 7 years of secrecy, the people of America will be "allowed" to view this agreement for the next 90 days. I wonder how many will be telling the truth about how evil this usurpation of the Constitution really is? The driving force for the establishment of TPP is a congressional act called Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). This is a congressional act that authorizes international executive agreements and attempts to give these international agreements the same force of law as constitutionally established treaties. In a recent article, I explained this process, why it is unconstitutional and why Congress is the real problem, not Obama. So, what can WE do about it? Power to create treaties is established in Article 2, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution. The power to create a treaty is delegated by the people to the President with approval of a two thirds vote of the Senate. The Supremacy Clause then declares that Treaties are ONLY supreme when they comply with the Constitution. [For a full explanation of the establishment of the constitutional treaty process, please read this article.] TPP is NOT a Treaty. Therefore, it is an unlawful agreement and a fraudulent contract. John Jay explains in Federalist #64 that, to the founders, it was nearly incomprehensible that the President and the Senate could act in concert to usurp the protections of the Constitution regarding treaties; but if they did, there is a simple solution: "if they [the President & Senate] act corruptly, they can be punished; and if they make disadvantageous treaties, how are we to get rid of those treaties?.As to corruption, the case is not supposable. He must either have been very unfortunate in his intercourse with the world, or possess a heart very susceptible of such impressions, who can think it probable that the President and two thirds of the Senate will ever be capable of such unworthy conduct. The idea is too gross and too invidious to be entertained. But in such a case, if it should ever happen, the treaty so obtained from us would, like all other fraudulent contracts, be null and void by the law of nations." You see, the solution is simple. TPP is a fraudulent contract; therefore, it is null and void by every aspect of law. Since it is a void contract, here is exactly what John Jay, James Madison, and even Patrick Henry would expect to happen. The Governors of each State should draft a letter explaining that TPP was drafted outside our Constitutional process. Since the States were not given proper control through their representatives, the Senators, this "agreement" will not be honored by the States or their local governments. Therefore, the 12 countries involved in this agreement must be put on notice that the States of America will not recognize this agreement as legal or binding, and these 12 countries should act accordingly. This is exactly what our founders expected our States to do! "If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it is, must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done to the Constitution as the exigency may suggest and prudence justify. The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded. [this act] would not be the supreme law of the land, but a usurpation of power not granted by the Constitution." Alexander Hamilton, Federalist #33 We have yet another opportunity to cull the chaff from the wheat, but will we be able to put Principle over Party, or Truth over our Favorite Personality or Organization? If ANYONE, and I do mean anyone, tries to defend this unconstitutional and wicked agreement, they have declared themselves not only an opponent to the Constitution, but I dare say an enemy to America. I make that assertion based upon fact, and boldly proclaim its accusation without any mental reservation. What we need now are people who are educated on the Constitution, and State leaders bold enough to defend it. The views expressed in this opinion article are solely those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by WesternJournalism.com. http://www.westernjournalism.com/obamas-trans-pacific-partnership-a-fraudulent-contract/?utm_source=MailChimp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=opinion-articles&utm_campaign=DailyEmail10.09.15