ARTICLE IV, SECTION FOUR OF THE CONSTITUTION

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ARTICLE IV, SECTION FOUR OF THE CONSTITUTION
by Oren Long

The President has found it necessary to declare a National Emergency, under his powers in the 1976 National Emergency Act, in order to go around an intransigent Congress and build necessary barriers on the southern border to protect the United States from an ongoing incursion by up to 300,000 illegal border crossers annually.

Said intransigent Congress, along with many other groups and some States, have promised lawsuits to stop President Trump's Declaration, something that will take months or years to unwind in the courts.   Meanwhile, the invasion by thousands or hundreds of thousands of illegals continues unabated, overwhelming DHS, ICE, the Border Patrol, and the courts.

There is a Constitutional solution.

Article IV, Section Four of the Constitution says, "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, AND SHALL PROTECT EACH OF THEM AGAINST INVASION (emphasis added) . . . "

The President, as the 'head' of the federal government and Commander in Chief of the armed forces, has the primary DUTY to protect the United States from invasion or other hostile acts against the country.

The President can simply activate Article IV, Section Four and send the military to the border with orders to "repel" the invaders.   "Invaders" have NO civil or constitutional "rights" -- NONE -- they are INVADERS!   They can just be repelled and pushed back across the border.   

I suspect the President may not even know about Article IV, Section Four.   Either his close advisors do not know about it or, if they do, do not want the President to know.   Someone needs to tell him.  

The key to successful implementation of Article IV, Section Four lies in the vernacular.   The President can STOP calling these illegal border crossers "Refugees", "Migrants", "Immigrants", or "Asylum Seekers".   Call them what they are -- INVADERS!

In conjunction with Article IV, Section Four, the President can use 10 USC 284 which allows the military to construct necessary barriers along the border to complete its mission.   Representative Mo Brooks is very familiar with this law, has advocated its implementation, and can brief the President on it.

The beauty of this approach is that it negates the need for a National Emergency Declaration AND takes both Congress and the courts out of the play.   Neither Congress nor the courts can override the Constitution's simple, clear, and succinct language.   Article IV, Section Four is a MANDATE, an ORDER, a REQUIREMENT!   It is NOT an option to be used if and when the federal government feels like it.   

Again, the use of Article IV, Section Four would instantly neutralize all civil/court actions and empower the President to keep his core promise of securing the border.   Unless and until it is activated and used, this bitter resistance to securing the border will continue unabated into the foreseeable future.

Oren Long

[Gene Duncan]

That is my interpretation.....typing in to follow.

[Oren Long]

Gene,

Thanks.   So, how do we get Trump's attention and tell him about Article IV, Section Four?   I have emailed, written, called.   But, as a "commoner" I can't get through to Trump.

As I said in my article, I suspect Trump's "gate keepers" don't want him to know and will never tell him.   I also suspect that Trump has many "closet" never-Trumpers in his administration who work to undermine him at every available opportunity.

How do we get past them?

Oren Long

[Gene Duncan]

If Congress refuses to hold up their guarantee, then the States and its people have a right to defend their lives and property. Round them up and confine them as they come across, I guarantee it want be long before Congress takes note. Make a tent city in the middle of the flat plains of Texas.....bread and water!