Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

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What does “the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” actually mean?

It’s likely that at some point in your life, regardless of the time spent on this planet, most people have at least pondered what the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness means to you. Those who haven’t, likely aren’t reading this. This is a very important pillar in the foundation of this wonderful nation called America. Not to be confused with “THE UNITED STATES.” I believe most of us can agree that this common phrase means that we have the right to live our lives as we see fit and pursue our dreams. Seems like a safe bet.

What if I told you, this was only scratching the surface regarding the true intent of what this phrase meant? The entirety of this phrase was predicated on the idea that initiated the founding of this nation. Human beings are created equal and have only one obligation to fellow man. “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!” Seems cliche, but, technically it is accurate. The one thing man is not supposed to do to his fellow man is trespass against him. It’s in the Lord’s prayer as well. In the Lord’s prayer we’re asking for forgiveness for the daily trespasses against God in the same manner we are to forgive our fellow man’s trespass against us. “…forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us…” This is because trespassing against our fellow man is to be unconscionable. Laws are derived from morality. The law of the land is natural law. God’s law. When looking at the 10 commandments, there are only 2 categories of things you mustn’t do. Trespass against God (outlined in the first 3 commandments) and trespass against fellow man.

  1. I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD. YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND HIM ONLY SHALL YOU SERVE.
  2. YOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD YOUR GOD IN VAIN.
  3. REMEMBER TO KEEP HOLY THE SABBATH DAY.
  4. HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER.
  5. YOU SHALL NOT KILL.
  6. YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.
  7. YOU SHALL NOT STEAL.
  8. YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS.
  9. YOU SHALL NOT COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR’S WIFE.
  10. YOU SHALL NOT COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR’S GOODS.

If you break down the 10 commandments, you can see the first 3 are ways in which you would trespass the Lord if you didn’t heed their warning. Commandment 4 is just common sense. Honor your father and your mother for they gave you life and brought you into this world. After all, they did take care of you and help shape the human you are today. The following 6 are all things you SHALL not do to your fellow man. In legal terms, the word “shall” is an order. I personally believe, that order comes from the order of the Lord not to trespass against your fellow man as is outlined above. What does this have to do with ones right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? Morality. Gods law, natural law, the law of the land are all synonyms of each other. They’re all based on the moral practices of Christianity and the fundamentals outlined in the 10 commandments. Don’t hurt each other or steal and you’re living life as a proper free human.

This was the driving factor behind the creation of this great nation. The founding fathers had lengthy and sometimes heated conversations/debates regarding what was to be the future of this nation and it’s laws. They often disagreed but needed to come to some sort of understanding. One thing I believe it is safe to say is that they all agreed that this nation should hold God and the laws of God as the directive for which all laws and practices going forth should be based. Now, today? That’s a completely different story. We routinely see the practices of a God-less society on a daily basis. This behavior would not have been acceptable just a few short years ago. The list of actions, behaviors, and so on is immense and not the topic of today’s discussion. That being said, I certainly do not believe we are living in a moral time.

The Constitution for the United States of America was ratified in 1789. Just 4 years later, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Jay delivered, in my opinion one of the most important SCOTUS decisions regarding our sovereignty and freedom.

“…at the revolution the Sovereignty devolved on the people; and they are truly the sovereigns of the country, but they are sovereigns without subjects ……and have none to govern but themselves; the citizens of America are equal as fellow citizens, and as joint tenants in the sovereignty.” – Chisholm v Georgia, 2 Dall. 440, at pg 471

This decision accomplished two things. One, it solidified that the people are the sovereigns individually as well as a collective. Often times, today, policy enforcers as well as attorney’s and some uneducated people will tell you that you’re not sovereign because the people as a whole are sovereign. While they’re not entirely incorrect, they’re missing the most fundamental piece of the equation. You cannot have a sovereign collection without the individual pieces being sovereign. To put it simply, to have an “apple pie,” you must have individual apples to make the finished product. You can’t use individual pears to make an apple pie. However, in today’s society where lack of logic, reason, and even an accepted reality is, unfortunately, becoming a version of reality, you could make an “apple pie” from pears and it would be accepted as such by many people. I digress. Justice John Jay affirmed that the people individually as citizens (of states not U.S.) as well as joint tenants in the sovereignty as a collective people are sovereign. This means we have all of the rights of the king. If we have the rights that formerly belonged to the king, why is it that we have to ask our employees for permission to feed our families, use the roads to get to work to make money, sell things, etc…? Why is this happening? I’ll go more in depth on this in another post. For now, the second factor of the above SCOTUS decision is half of the foundation as to what led us to we as a people asking our employees for permission to do certain things that are indeed and affirmed, our right to do.

“…they are sovereigns without subjects…and have none to govern but themselves…” The statement in it’s entirety included “at the Revolution, the sovereignty devolved on the people, and they are truly the sovereigns of the country, but they are sovereigns without subjects (unless the African slaves among us may be so called), and have none to govern but themselves; the citizens of America are equal as fellow citizens, and as joint tenants in the sovereignty” which obviously was confirming that the people could have subjects if they were to call an African slave a subject. Thankfully, we’ve moved past that horrible time in history and no longer accept slavery as a moral practice. I wanted to include that generally redacted section because it is important in the search for truth. Since slavery has long been abolished, most people quoting that decision leave that part out entirely and never even knew it existed to begin with. That is not acceptable when understanding history. However, it clearly articulates that we as singular humans are sovereigns with no subjects. None to govern but ourselves. There is no mistake about this statement whatsoever. No human can tell another human what they can or cannot do with their lives while in the observance of the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Of course, this has one limitation. You are free to do what you please so long as it does not trespass against another human being. You must govern yourself. You are in control of your actions. This is the reason the courts of common law (law of nature, God’s law) were established. To handle disputes in which an actual sovereign was damaged by another. Absent any provable fact of damage to the human or their private property, there can be no tort or claim against you. This is because you are free as a sovereign with all of the rights of the king. Not to mention, you have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The right to life. What does that mean to you? This is our most important and fundamental right of which is not granted by man but by your creator. You have the right to live. From conception you as a human being, have the right to live. There is no question that sometimes life deals unfortunate hands. There are plenty of people working, fighting, battling, daily in an attempt to reduce these horrible situations occurrence. I wish there were more but I tip my hat to those fighting that battle daily. Life is not a fair battleground and sometimes these outcomes cannot be deterred or prevented. None the less, you have the right to life. Where most people’s thought ends on this specific topic is abortion. Why don’t we talk about what is required for life? Caloric intake, water, shelter, etc… I’m not advocating a subsidized/social welfare program in which our employees provide those things for us. We don’t need our employees to do that for us because we have the right to provide for ourselves in all of the requirements of maintaining a living body. This means you have the RIGHT to hunt. You have the RIGHT to fish. You have the RIGHT to build a shelter/house as you require. As rights, those are not things that can be licensed and charged a fee/tax for the enjoyment or exercise of. This is not an opinion. THIS IS A FACT. I have conversed with many people in my life that believe these are your rights but they require a fee or license to exercise that right. That’s idiotic and frankly insanity. It’s an oxymoron at best.

SCOTUS has repeatedly upheld that a right cannot be converted into a privilege and charged a fee or require a license. In fact, if that is to occur, SCOTUS has ruled that you can ignore the license/fee and engage in the right with “impunity.”

“No state shall convert a liberty into a license, and charge a fee therefore.” – (Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105)

“If the State converts a right (liberty) into a privilege, the citizen can ignore the license and fee and engage in the right (liberty) with impunity.” – (Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham, Alabama, 373 U.S. 262)

As you can see, if something is your RIGHT to do, no one can require a license, nor can they attache a fee/tax to it. There are some caveats to that which include, you cannot exercise a right on someone else’s property (private property). You cannot make public property your place of business without a license. Making the road way, which is public property, your place of business, is in fact not a right that we have. We can use the road way’s for purposes of travel as a right. Not for commercial gains. That being said, you have the right to life which would include hunting, fishing, gardening, building shelter, collecting/storing water, among other things that are required to stay alive.

The right to liberty. Now, what does this mean? First we must define “liberty.” The Oxford definition of liberty is “1.) the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views. 2.) the power or scope to act as one pleases.” This is good news. This means that the normal every day definition of “liberty” aligns with the way of life affirmed by the previous SCOTUS decisions. Meaning, you have the right to live as you see fit without interference from your employees as asserted by John Jay in his 1793 decision regarding the people’s individual sovereignty. Being so straight forward and deliberate, I feel as though we need not spend any more time on the concept of liberty.

The right to pursue happiness. What does that mean to you? I see that as I can do anything I like to seek happiness so long as I don’t trespass against another or their property. This can be anything from pursuing the job or your dreams, traveling, or to the extreme, you can use marijuana, shoot heroine, snort cocaine, smoke some meth, etc… If you damage another human while under the influence of any substance, the substance is not to blame. It is the action of the human who damaged another. Any damage to another is actionable in court and should be judged by a jury on the actions, not the substance in which one may or may not have been under the influence of. The punishment of the action should not be more or less severe due to any possible substance influence. The action stands on its own and should be punished accordingly. However, I’m not condoning substance abuse whatsoever. That being said, it is your right to do as you please under your right to liberty and your pursuit of happiness as long as you don’t trespass against another. Remember, the common law is a direct reflection of natural law or God’s law (10 commandments).

In closing, in 1776, at the signing of the declaration of independence, our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness was officially recognized on paper. Do NOT confuse those rights to be “constitutional.” They are not included within the constitution. The constitution (actually a bankruptcy trust) enumerated rights that cannot be abrogated by our employees. This was later affirmed by the Supreme Court in 1793 in Chisholm v. Georgia. Asserting your right to live in this manner is an easy task. Forcing your employees to recognize, understand, and uphold those rights as they’re sworn to do by oath is a completely different story. It can be done as myself and tens of thousands of others are doing, in the process of, or have been doing for quite some time. It’s a work in progress and the battlefield to remain free is ever changing so all we can do is continue to fight, learn, and spread the truth.

Go forth and spread the truth! (video to come)