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Historical Steak & Standing

Licenses (Business)

"No state shall convert a liberty into a privilege; license it, and attach a fee to
it." Murdoch v. Penn., 318 U.S. 105

14th Amendment

"While the Union survived the Civil War, the Constitution did not...in it's place
arose a more promising basis for justice and equality, the 14th Amendment." --
Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall , May 6th 1987

Social Security Number

"There is no Social Security law requiring that one have a number, but the IRS
Tax Code, section 6109 subsection A, stipulates that taxpayers shall utilize their
Social Security numbers when filing tax returns. Therefore, if one pays taxes, one
must have a Social Security number."

-- Letter from Lloyd Bentson, U.S. Senator m

Social Security Number

It shall be unlawful for any federal, state or government agency [including
businesses within the federal United States] to deny to any individual any right,
benefit or privilege provided by law because of such individual's refusal to disclose his/her Social Security Account Number."

"Actual damages sustained by the individual as a result of the refusal or failure,
but in no case shall a person entitled to recovery receive less than the sum of
$1,000.00 the costs of the action together with reasonable attorney fees
determined by the court." -- Privacy Act of 1974

"Uniform Commercial Code"

"The entire taxing and monetary systems are hereby placed under the U.C.C. (Uniform Commercial
Code)" -- The Federal Tax Lien Act of 1966

United States of America vs. UNITED STATES INC.

"Governments descend to the level of a mere private corporation and take on
the characteristics of a mere private citizen where private corporate commercail
paper [federal reserve notes] and securities [checks] is concerned..." -- Clearfield
Trust Company v. United States, 318 U.S. 363-371, 1942

Common Law
"The Constitution is to be interpreted according to Common Law Rules." --

Schick vs. U.S., 195 US 65, 24 Sup. Ct. 826, 49 L. Ed. 99

"...a Statute will not be construed so as to overrule a principle of established

Common Law, unless it is made plain by the act that such a change in the

established law is intended." -- Starkey Construction Inc. vs. Elcon, Inc., 248 Ark 958, 978A, 457 SW 2nd 509, 7 U.C.C.RS 923

"A statute should be construed in harmony with the Common Law unless there
is a clear legislative intent to abrogate the Common Law." --United Bank vs. Mesa
Nelson Co., 121 Ariz 438, 590 P2d 1384, 25 U.C.C.RS 1113

"The Constitution is to be construed with respect to the law existing at the time
of it's adoption and as securing to the individual citizen the rights inherited by him
under English Law, and not with reference to new guarantees." --Mattox vs. U.S.,
156 US 237, 15 Sup Ct. 337, 39 L. Ed. 409

"It [U.S. Constitution] must be interpreted in the light of Common Law, the
principles and history of which were familiarly known to the framers of the
Constitution. The language of the Constitution could not be understood without
reference to the Common Law." -- U.S. vs. Wong Kim, Ark, 169 US 649, 18 S. Ct. 456

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