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Show 1 ! The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand March 21, 1974 The Utah Independent Page 5 MARILYN MANION Law of the Land The general misconception is that any statute passed by legislators, bearing the appearance of law constitutes the law of the land. The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and any statute, to be valid, must be in agreement. It is impossible for both the Constitution and a law violating it to be valid. One must prevail. This is succinctly stated as follows: "The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, though having the form and name of law, is in reality no law, but is wholly void, and ineffective for any purpose; since unconstitutionality dates from the time of its enactment, and not merely from the date of the decision so , branding it. An unconstitutional law, in legal contemplation, is as inoperative as if it had never been passed. Such a statute leaves the question that it purports to settle just as it would be had the statute not been enacted. "Such an unconstitutional law is void, the general principles follow that it imposes no duties, confers no rights, creates no office, bestows no power or authority on anyone, affords no protection, and justifies no acts performed under it. . . "A void act cannot be legally consistent with a valid one. An unconstitutional law cannot.operate to supersede any existing valid law. Indeed, insofar as a statute runs counter to the fundamental law of the land, it is superseded thereby. "No one is bound to.obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it." Sixteenth AMERICAN JURISPRUDENCE Second Section, page 177 THE GREAT TAKE AWAY Equal Rights For Women what female could voice an opinion against that? Any woman who has seen men rise in her place of work while women stay behind, merely because of sex, has amassed plenty of resentment in her mind. On the plus side, however, we are seeing today more and more women rising to the top of their professions. The times, they are Despite the progress of women in the working force, there are those who insist that a Constitutional Amendment, no less, is required to protect the rights of women in America. The Amendment is called the Equal Rights Amendment, or ERA. But it is not all that it seems, and it is much more than its nice-nic- e title suggests. a woman Let a woman successful in many fields, by the way tell you whats with ERA. She is Mrs. wrong Phyllis Schlafly, who is, among other things, a radio and television commentator, an The Moral Is- - There was a bird that, when given the opportunity one day, traded a small feather for a worm. This seemed a real good thing, and he didnt miss the feather at all. It was so good that the next day, when the' opportunity again, he gladly traded another feather for another worm. This went on daily for a few weeks until one day the feather, he traded was large enough that he couldnt fly. He had traded his liberty for security. FREEMEN FAMILY FOODS QUALITY STORAGE FOOD FOR HAPPINESS & SECURITY Freeze Dried Dehydrated Minimum Rotation 15 Storage Space Maximum Nutritional Value Less Than 30c Per Meal given Veracity is the heart of morality. -- Thomas Henry Huxley .HEALTH IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Call or Write 466-353- 5 2343 East 3300 South Salt Lake City Utah 84109 Honest hard working salesmen needed. LISTEN TO L AM M Y W I L 4:30 - 7:00 P M. Monday thru Friday 1600 on the dial KLAT LISTEN TO BILL MORRISON Sat. x x X 292-72- 71 x X frAr&frA-AA- A 9:00 A.M. 12:00 Noon To Talk With them Call: Local or 1 - 800 - 662 - 5360 Toll Free A AAA . sex-neutr- Equal Rights Amendment. ERA will Appearing on a recent Manion Forum Radio broadcast, she had this to say: It is precisely because it sounds so good that the Equal Rights Amendment has gone as far as it has. But now we find that ERA will not give women equal pay for equal work, which is what many people thought when they supported it originally. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 is very specific in regard to hiring and pay and promotion. If any woman thinks she has been discriminated against, she can file her claim and the government will pay all of the costs. There have been enormous settlements, such as the $38 million settlement forced on AT&T, which prove that women now have all the legislative machinery they need to end discrimination in women make positively mother. subject to the draft on an absolutely equal basis with men. At the present time we have a voluntary military, but we cant look into the future and know what is going to happen. Weve had a draft for 30 years, and weve had three wars that nobody wanted. It would be very optimistic to say that were not going to have any more wars, but we can safeguard women from having to be subject to the ' draft like men. . . There has been discrimination against women in the field of employment and there, still is; but it is not discrimination that can be ' remedied by the Equal Rights Amendment. The proponents all admit this. As a matter of fact, when I said that ERA will do absolutely nothing for -- women in the field of employment in a debate with Martha Congresswoman employment. ERA is a big take-awa- y al. of the -- a Rights Equal Amendment will invalidate all of these laws. It will require the state legislatures or the courts to go - through the'ir legislation and make all such That is, they laws will remove the words husband, wife, man, woman, male, female. You can see now this takes away the rights that women now have. The draft is one of the most important areas of effect - and These are the state laws which give to the wife her legal rights wife and to be a full-tim-e mother in her own home. This is a basic, fundamental right that women have, and its based on the very obvious fact, that it is the women who have the children. Therefore we have a system of law that requires the husband to support his wife and children. The - author, r the obligation of the husband to support his wife and family. of rights that women now enjoy. For example, the laws of every one of our 50 states make it . Griffiths, who is the leading proponent of ERA, she replied, I never claimed i t would. - The A merican Way Features PICK UP YOUR PHONE AND CALL US FOR: Stenographic Services (all types) Addressing (Envelopes, etc. permanent addressograph plates made) Copies Photographing Printing . I I ' ILSSJiBf I1 Type-Setti- ng secretary. He cater to the small businessman who doesnt need a full-tim-e Ijet us help you get that letter out today. We can make up your letterhead and type that occasional let ter. Call us today. jeushon secvice 2459 Major Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 466-874- 1 . |