The right to procure property and to use it for one's own enjoyment is essential to the

freedom of every person, and our other rights would mean little without these rights of
property ownership.

“An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it

affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation, as
inoperative as though it had never been passed” [Norton v. Shelby County, 118
US 425 (1885)].

The precedence and hierarchy of law, like the hierarchy of sovereignty, follows the
sequence that it is created. Where there are conflicts of law, the U.S. Constitution is the
Supreme Law of the Land because it was created first by the sovereign people.

“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in
Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the
Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the Land; and the
Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or
Laws of any state to the Contrary notwithstanding.”

The Statutes at Large (S.A.L) have the next highest precedence, because they are created
by Congress from the authority derived from the U.S. Constitution. Next comes the U.S.
Code, which implements the Statutes at Large. Some titles are enacted into positive law
while others, such as the internal Revenue Code, Title 26, are not. Titles of the code that
are not enacted into positive law are only prima facie evidence of law that can be rebutted
using the Statutes At Large from which they are derived. The U.S Code is interpreted by
Executive Branch agencies to formulate proposed regulations, which are then published
in the Federal Register under the authority of the Federal Register Act, 44 U.S.C. Chapter
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An ordinance is a bill or law which might stand with the old law, and did not alter any
statute in force at the time and can be amended at any time. Ordinances, although having
the same weight as law, are not legally considered “the fundamental law.” This means
that they are not at the same level, and have certain restrictions and limitations imposed
on their implementation and duration that the fundamental law does not have.

“The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like
his love of sense, justice and truth. He is not actually happy when free; he is
uncomfortable, a bit alarmed, and intolerably lonely. Liberty is not a thing for the
great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable
minority, like knowledge, courage and honor. It takes a special sort of man to
understand and enjoy liberty-- and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies.”
by H.L. Mencken, Baltimore Evening Sun, Feb. 12, 1923