Dr. Eduardo M. Rivera post.
Law comes in two forms: written and unwritten.
For example, constitutional rights are expressed in written law and the unalienable Rights alluded to in the
Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776 are founded in unwritten law, called natural or universal law among other names. Unwritten law has universal application, while written law is limited to a defined territory.
The main problem with law in the United States of America is the lack of separation of written law and unwritten law. Governments intentionally cause the confusion
between written and unwritten law by confusing “United States” with “United States of America.
” The “United States of America” in the first two Organic Laws, the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776 and Articles of Confederation of November 15, 1777 are concerned with the unwritten law of freedom for the American people.
The third and fourth Organic Laws, the Northwest Ordinance of July 13, 1787 and the Constitution of September 17, 1787 are concerned with the administration of the “United States,” the territory belonging to the United States of America, the Confederacy.
The personal challenge presented by the Organic Laws of the United States
of America is the development of the ability to distinguish between the various uses and meanings of the “United States” and the “United States of America.” Government and the media has successfully merged the more important constitutional office of President of the United States of America, vested with the executive power, into the limited employment the President of the United States. Recognition of that success is the grand State of the Union introduction given to the President of
the United States and not the President of the United States of America.
The fourth Organic Law in its most current amended format, the Constitution of the United States, uses the term, “United States” to mean both the geophysical United States of America and the political United States of America, the Confederacy established by the Articles of Confederation of November 15,
1777.
The older un-amended Constitution of September 17, 1787, uses the term “United States” forty-nine times to mean either the “United States” the territory and property of the United States of America or the United States of America proper, the Confederacy.
