| > Larry Becraft Jr, an attorney who has fought the IRS Becraft doesn't want to pay income tax and has developed some lunatic theories which, to his mind, allow him to not pay income tax. He's done time in prison because, surprise of surprises, his nutball theories don't change the actual law. He "fought the IRS" in much the same way as an ant might "fight" a ten-pound sledgehammer. > According to the US Code, the United States organic law is comprised of the Declaration of Independence(1776), the Articles of Confederation (1777), the Northwest Ordinance (1787) and the Constitution (1787). "Organic law" apparently does not mean what you think it means: The Declaration of Independence does not have the force of law and it never has. It was a justification for the rebellion, and that's it. The Articles of Confederation have not had the force of law since they were replaced by the Constitution, so saying they have force of law along with the Constitution is incoherent. The latter totally superseded the former. The Northwest Ordinance was an act of the Congress under the Articles of Confederation which was subsequently recognized as valid law by the courts after the ratification of the Constitution. As an act of Congress, however, it can be modified by further acts of Congress and by the courts. It is not on an equal footing with the Constitution by any means. > While mainstream academia says these have no legal or constitutional force, I'd disagree. It isn't just the academics which disagree with you, but the government itself, and the government gets to decide what law is. You lose. |