Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-10 | Page 14 | No Inherent Power Exists

No Inherent Power Exists T THE HE assertion that they availed themselves es of or an inherent power would be no iio defense for them since there is no such power in the thc United States The people arc are the only source of dominion and such authority as they have ha not specifically delegated to 0 th Urn three e branches of government go i is withheld This self evident truth is not only logical and a n matter of justifiable presumption but Article X of the thc amendments amendment to the constitution makes it definitely plain th that t power not granted lJ by the people is re reserved ye- ye served serveul by bv them It is true true that thai courts existed before forc the adoption of the constitution but their power rested in iii the crown of England the time Declaration of In Independence lade Inde e- e declared that the united colonies are and of If right light ought to be free and independent states tate the authority of the English monarch was forever pr swept aside Plo Provisional governments go provided pro plo I vided for the exercise of e executive e legislative and amI jud judicial c- c 31 functions until the adoption of the t In ion by the people That great palladium of American liberties became then the foundation of government and with laws enacted acted by the Congress became the supreme law of the land whatever er authority it granted supplemented by acts of the thc lawmaking making branch constitutes the time powers po of or the various departments such powers as it withheld an and 1 that have ha not since been heen gran granted led b by Congress Cong are reserved to the people and may not be usurped or assumed by any official Because the Idaho court has despotically eJ dominion which is in direct contravention of th the 1 United States constitution and have thus broken the official oaths of its members they the should be lie promptly impeached lEI