IOTC Class Final Take Home Points
Constitution High Points
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Article I - Legislative branch laws –
Key Point: Section 8 lists 18 specific areas Congress can make law – NO OTHERS.
Article II - Executive branch laws –
Key Point: Executive Orders are NOT law.
Article III – Judicial branch laws –
Key Point: Court decisions are NOT law (i.e. Roe vs. Wade). Decision applies ONLY to
the parties of the case decided. This nation was founded under rule of law, not case law.
Article IV - Republican form
Article V - Amendment Procedure
Article VI – Debts, Treaties & Oaths Key Points: Treaties are pursuant to (must AGREE with) the Constitution and do NOT
overrule it. Also, all elected representatives are BOUND BY OATH to support this
Constitution.
Article VII - Ratification
Important Definitions –Law and Tyranny
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Power – force or strength (Webster’s 1828 Dictionary)
Authority – legal power (Webster’s 1828 Dictionary)
Legal - according to the laws of nature and of nature's God [Webster's 1828 Dictionary]
The Laws of Nature's God - the moral law…contained in the …10 commandments written by the
finger of God. [Webster's 1828 Dictionary]
Laws of nature – a rule of conduct arising out of the natural relations of human beings established by the
Creator, and existing prior to any positive [written] precept. (Webster’s 1828 Dictionary)
[Comment: In other words, the laws of nature are intuitively and instinctively known to man.
They do not have to be written out. They are in his conscience.]
[Application: Government officials who are ruling within the boundaries of the Laws of
Nature and of Nature's God are acting under God's authority and you are bound to obey
them. Government officials who are ruling outside the boundaries of the Laws of Nature
and of Nature's God are acting in power, not legal authority, and you are not bound to obey
them. See “tyranny” definitions below for further clarity.]
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Tyranny (as defined by Thomas Aquinas)
- Taking power without lawful authority;
- Taking power lawfully, but using it unlawfully;
- When a tyrant commands what God forbids – Christians must disobey.
- When a tyrant commands what is beyond his authority, but which God does not
forbid: Christians are free to obey or disobey.
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Interposition - State officials’ resistance to federal tyranny
Civil Disobedience - citizens’ resistance to federal tyranny
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Final Encouraging Quotes
“In questions of power then, let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down with the chains of the
Constitution.” Thomas Jefferson
“No people will tamely surrender their liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge and virtue are
preserved. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant and debauched [corrupted] in their manners, they
will sink under their own weight without the aid of foreign invaders.” Sam Adams
Final Note:
If you desire any further information on the Principle Approach to education, go online to
www.principleapproach.org or call the Foundation For American Christian Education (F.A.C.E.) at
800-352-3223. Or if you would like a 90-minute demonstration of the Principle Approach in action,
call Ricki Pepin at 937-322-3149 or e-mail – ricki@pepin.com.
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