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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It                353
Chapter 14
Marshal Law
and
Prison Camps In America
Power kills; absolute power kills absolutely…. The more power a
government has, the more it can act arbitrarily according to the whims and desires
of the elite, and the more it will make war on others and murder its foreign and
domestic subjects. The more constrained the power of governments, the more
power is diffused, checked, and balanced, the less it will aggress on others and
commit democide (mass murder)….
R. J. Rummel
Our Founding Fathers established a Republican form of government. A Republican
form of government is different from a democracy. In a true democracy the majority can
suppress the minority because in a democracy, the majority rules. A Republican form of
government is based on a constitution and is governed by representatives who are elected by the
people. While the number of Representatives elected by each State to the House of
Representatives is based on population the number of Senators is not; each State has two
Senators regardless of population. The Senate, which provides equal representation to each State,
balances the power of the House of Representatives, which has the potential of being dominated
by the larger States. In this way a simple majority does not have the power to dominate and
repress the minority. The Senate and House of Representatives together are known as the
Congress.
The constitution is a very important part of a Republican form of government. The
constitution defines the powers, limitations on powers and rights of the people. Article I, Section
1 of the US Constitution specifies that all legislative powers (the powers to make laws) are
vested in the Congress. Equally important is the limitation on the authority and powers of the
federal government as specified in the tenth amendment which states: “The powers not delegated
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