"To Form a More Perfect Union . . . "

Chairman West's Monday Message for 12.14.20





"...To Form a More Perfect Union"

 

Greetings, everyone!

 

Yep, today is that day when electors are chosen from the respective states,
December 14th. More importantly, it is my wife Angela's birthday. But, what
good is a birthday for my wife -- or any of us -- if we are not living up to
the charge in the Preamble of our US Constitution. Those simple words, "We the
People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union," are the
essence, the binding fabric, to being a citizen in this Constitutional Republic.

 

Let us not forget, that it was Benjamin Franklin on September 17, 1787,
Constitution Day, who responded to a question of whether we had a monarchy or a
Republic, said, "A Republic, if you can keep it
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There are two aspects of a Republic, or as our Constitution states, a
"Republican form of government:" the rule of law and individual rights,
freedom, and liberty.

 

Therefore, I found some of the responses to these words rather perplexing,
actually ignorant. I issueda response
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the decision, this past Friday, by our US Supreme Court declining to hear the
case brought forth by the State of Texas and enjoined by 17 other states. There
are actually those who believe that I had no business responding to the
decision at all. I found that humorous since I am the Chairman of the
Republican Party of Texas . . . not to mention my status as a retired US Army
officer who, for 22 years, swore an oath to our Constitution. But, it wasthese
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sent some into a delusional, apoplectic rage: "Perhaps law abiding States
should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the
Constitution."

 

Oh boy, you would have thought me to be the anti-Christ. But consider those
words. They borrow from the same ideas contained in our Preamble to our
Constitution of forming a more perfect Union. I am still trying to find where I
said anything about "secession."

 

Truth be told, the real perpetrators of secession are the states, and others,
named in the suit by Texas, who enacted illegal and unconstitutional actions
resulting in the violation of election laws.

 

I have to ask a simple question: when did it become wrong to follow the law,
and ask others to do the same? When did we become so partisan, or even ignorant
and incompetent, that we accept a notion that a Union of law abiding States
following the Constitution was seditious? But, a domestic terrorist group like
Antifa, or illegally changing election law to the detriment of other states, is
not?

 

I tend to believe this is the result of the progressive socialist left's
overtaking of our education system so that we no longer teach true history and
civics. We now indoctrinate people on this subjective notion called "social
studies."

 

Let me frame the Texas lawsuit against Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and
Wisconsin in good ol' Southern sense:

 

Imagine you lived in a community that was under a homeowners association, HOA.
In order to live in that community you agreed to the rules and regulations of
that HOA. You are supposed to abide by them, and be in compliance, for the good
of the community. Well, in that community there are several homeowners who are
not abiding by the HOA rules. They are not properly maintaining their property,
trash is strewn all over the place, cars parked on the yard in front of the
house. In time, property values decline for all homeowners. And because of the
trash, there is a rodent infestation, which other property owners incur an
expense. The dogs of some homes are not properly restrained, and an early
morning jogger is attacked by a vicious dog.

 

Now, several of the property owners, who have evidence of all these
violations, and have sworn statements articulating their grievances, submit
them to the HOA board. The HOA board rejects their plea, and tells these
homeowners that they do not have standing to present these valid issues. In
essence, these homeowners have no equal protection under the HOA contract.

 

What do these homeowners -- who have abided by the HOA contract -- do? Well,
they form a more perfect union, coalition, alliance, or consortium in order to
protect their rights. Once upon a time, there were 13 homeowners who went to
the HOA board -- England -- to present their petitions for redress of
grievances, and they were denied hearing. As a result, those homeowners
dissolved the bonds with that HOA, and formed these United States of America.

 

In Texas, there were some homeowners in a place called Gonzales who, on
October 2, 1835, were told by the emissaries of a dictator to surrender the
ability to defend themselves. Those homeowners decided to form a more perfect
union and together stood on a field and said, "Come and Take It."

 

It is time we study our founding documents, and understand our fundamental
principles and values. Our rule of law clearly articulates enumerated powers,
roles, and responsibilities in our Republican form of government. Courts and
the executive branch do not make laws, nor change them. We are not a
constitutional monarchy to be ruled by mandates, orders, decrees, and edicts.
Even here in Texas we have a little issue with that. Elected officials do not
have the enumerated power to determine who and what is essential. The executive
branch does not get to suspend individual rights and liberty for a "declared"
emergency, change election law, unilaterally appropriate taxpayer funds, and
take executive actions, overreach, without convening the legislative body.

 

What is essential in America, Texas, is liberty. When you have several states
who do violate the law, as the Texas lawsuit presents, it results in damaging
effects upon other states who do follow the law. Yet, our highest court --
which is supposed tointerpret the law -- does not adjudicate properly . . .
well, that violates the 14th Amendment's "equal protection under the law"
clause. Then what are the law abiding states supposed to do? Why are there
those who assail the people and states who follow the rule of the law?

 

The more perfect union exists with those who abide by the Constitution.
Secession and sedition come from those who do not! They are the ones in the
wrong, unless you believe that our Constitution is, as the lawsuit stated,
"just a piece of parchment on display in a museum."

 

Our Declaration of Independence elevated individual rights over the
collective subjugation of an intrusive and onerous government. It established
the dissolution of the bond between the people and government when the consent
of the governed, not ruled, no longer existed.

 

The Texas lawsuit that was rejected by the highest court in the land, charged
with interpreting our law, articulated a clear choice. Either we are a nation
of laws that establishes how we are to be governed, or we are a nation where
ideologues pick and choose what is applicable to them, to the detriment of
those who follow the law. 

 

The former is how we form a more perfect union, equal adherence and protection
under the law. The latter is how we dissolve into the tyranny of the rule of
absolutism.

 

My statement, my response, my words, and my lasting oath to support and defend
the Constitution of the United States of America, and honor our Texas
Constitution are clear.

 

What is your response? What shall you choose: rule of law or rule of
absolutism?

 

Steadfast and Loyal,







LTC Allen West (Ret.)
Chairman, Republican Party of Texas

#WeAreTheStorm

 

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