“Sovereignty itself is, of course, not subject to law, for it is the author and source of law; but in our system, while sovereign powers are delegated to the agencies of government, sovereignty itself remains with the people, by whom and for whom all government exists and acts. And the law is the definition and limitation of power.”
[Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886)]
Sovereignty - what is it, and what are its limitations? Sovereignty is, by definition, the right of free will; to determine your own destiny, whether that is a sovereign government, state, community or individual.
In Genesis God gives Mankind the gift of free will - personal sovereignty over our lives. We get to choose who and what we will be and do. Yet, throughout history governments were instituted to be sovereign without allowing for the personal sovereignty of its citizens. The sovereignty began and ended with the ruling class. That is why, to this day, we associate sovereignty with kings and queens. We have been conditioned to think that way.
When any person (i.e. king), organization (i.e. United Nations) or national government (i.e. CCP) retains all sovereignty unto themselves, the indivudual is no longer a free person with free will - he or she becomes property, as chattel.
Then came the founding of a new nation; a nation that would be sovereign unto itself, but with a very distinct and important feature - that sovereignty begins with the individual citizens who, in turn would delegate specific, limited powers to a government whose prime responsibility is to protect and preserve the sovereignty of its citizens from "enemies foreign and domestic". That, then, would be the singular function of government - to insure that the natural, human, God-given rights of the people are protected.
That nation is the United States of America, and those limited powers of government are codified in our Constitution.
It should be noted, however, that personal sovereignty, while it does mandate each of us may choose our own destiny and make our own choices, and that government must protect our right to do so, such personal sovereignty also mandates taking personal responsibility. We become responsible to insure our choices do not harm anyone else, or deprive any other sovereign person from exercising their own sovereignty. To insure this, the government has the power to pass laws that punish those who infringe on the rights of others. But any law that infringes on a citizens sovereignty for any reason other than to protect the sovereignty of others is a violation of the Constitution and must be determined null and void. Citizens must not be punished for exercising their sovereignty as long as they are not causing harm to others. [NOTE: Some may argue that in the case of a "health mandate", it is required to insure the protection of others. But that is not a valid argument as detailed here]
The short take: as sovereign persons, we have the right to do whatever we choose provided it does not cause harm to any other sovereign person or infringe on the rights of others, and it is the singular task of government to insure that. In fact, the role of government extends even to the point of not allowing other nations or organizations to violate the rights of American citizens.
Unfortunately, personal sovereignty has given the people a false sense of security in our persons and has made us complacent, believing government would remain limited while we sat back and just lived our lives. We did not keep a tight handle on our government and, while we were sleeping it has forcibly and illegally stolen much of our personal sovereignty, taking more and more power for itself that it was not Constitutionally empowered to take.
So now the only question worth asking is: what will we do about it? Will we squeeze the genie back into the bottle, or will we meekly become chattel for a ruling class?
Is there a Constitutional Attorney anywhere that would stand up and fight this to the Supreme Court? To retake that which God has given us and the founders codified?
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