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Tyrants at work (Fast Track Authority)

by John William Kurowski (9-10-01)

President Bush, in his newest quest to subjugate constitutional limits [aside from his FED ED plan] has requested “fast track” authority [he calls it Trade promotion authority]; authority which, if allowed, would blatantly interfere with and compromise Congress’ constitutionally authorized power to regulate commerce with foreign nations.

Fast Track would not only combine two distinct and separate constitutional powers into one [the President’s treaty making power and Congress’ power to regulate commerce with foreign nations], but the Fast Track wording would reduce Congress’ power of regulating commerce to either approving or disapproving the Presidents’ negotiated deals in their entirety___ in reality, obliterating Congress’ power in regulating commerce with foreign nations to a mere formality of accepting what the President has done.

The Fast Track deal is the brain child of internationalists to thwart America’s Sovereignty; a group having no allegiance to America, America’s domestic based businesses and industries, or any nation, and are the same group who were involved in the creation of the NAFTA, WTO, GATT, IMF and World Bank.

The NAFTA for example, unconstitutionally allows an un-elected group, a majority of whom are foreigners, to make binding decisions concerning America’s trade with Canada and Mexico [see Annex 1901.2 of the NAFTA]. And, under Article 1904: 11, the United States is forbidden to “provide in its domestic legislation for an appeal from a panel decision to its domestic courts.” Also, under 1904 : 15 the United States is required to amend its statutes and regulations “to ensure that its courts shall give full force and effect, with respect to any person within its jurisdiction, to all sanctions imposed pursuant to the laws of the other Parties to enforce...” This of course puts American businesses and industries involved in trade with Canada and Mexico under the jurisdiction of a foreign power. Seems to me this is one of the indictments contained in the Declaration of Independence, namely: “He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our law; giving his Assent to the Acts of pretended Legislation”.

And, if the above is not enough to cause concern for freedom loving Americans, Under Annex 1904.15, titled Amendment to Domestic Laws...Schedule of the United States, the United States is required to “amend section 301 of the Customs Courts Act of l980, as amended, and any other relevant provisions of law, to eliminate the authority to issue declaratory judgments in any civil action involving an antidumping or countervailing duty proceeding regarding a class of kind of Canadian or Mexican merchandise.”

This, in essence, deprives American domestic businesses the protections of our judicial system, and requires them to submit to a foreign judicial power if they complain or question what foreigners are doing on American Soil!

Who supports this subjugation of the rights of American’s domestic businesses, industries and labor? President Bush, Bush’s father, Clinton, and, guess who among many others? Rush Limbaugh [the media alleged conservative]! As a matter of fact the Times has credited Limbaugh's influence with passing N.A.F.T.A., see http://mrshowbiz.go.com/celebrities/peo

ple/rushlimbaugh/bio.html

And, to get a better idea of Rush Limbaugh, see Establishment Dittohead by John F. McManus http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/199

5/vo11no14/vo11no14_limbaugh.htm

It will be interesting to see in the next week or so when Congress will begin to decide on the delegation of this unconstitutional power, if FOX NEWS, CNN, The Christian Science Monitor, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Rush Limbaugh, PBS, The O’Reilly Factor, Shepard Smith, Hannity and Colmes, Paula Zahn, or your favorate Network News pundit, will report on the pending attempt to unconstitutionally amend Congress’ power to “regulate Commerce with foreign Nations”. Chances are, the media will be far too busy with its bread and circus game featuring Rep. Condit, and Chandra Levy.

John William Kurowski

American Constitutional Research Service

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