Conversations With My Babies: 8 Questions and 9 Answers

July 13, 2024

Dear Ms. Lunelle,

I was scheduled to visit a group of homeschoolers in East Tennessee due to undependable transportation….but….

Here is what my babies of Tennessee said...

“We are sorry about your vehicle and that you missed our meeting. However, would you please answer the following questions:

(1) Under whose authority was the Naming Commission formed?

(2) What was their Charge?

(3) What is the Oath that an inductee must take when entering the Armed Forces?

(4) What is the Oath that a congressman must take when entering Congress?

(5) Is the issuance of a Bill of Attainder enough to bring charges of a violation of an oath of Office, or enough to stop a debate or vote?

(6) Did black Confederates fight to maintain slavery?

(7) Is George Floyd a hero or person of significance in the Black Community?

(8) Confederate monuments were erected during Jim Crow why shouldn’t they go?

My answers:

(1      & 2) Congress justified and established the Naming Commission in the Defense Authorization Act of fiscal year 2021 proclaiming that those Military bases and name places named after Confederates were hurting the feelings of Blacks during the height of Jim Crow and were named after men who fought to defend slavery and deemed to be traitors.

(3)    The purpose of the Oath they take is to acknowledge a duty-bound allegiance to the United States Constitution.

(4)     ARTICLE VI of the U.S. Constitution requires that members of the United States Congress be bound by Oath of Affirmation to support the Constitution. 

(5)    A Bill of Attainder violates Article 9 Section 1 of the United States Constitution. The Framers of the Constitution unanimously and without debate prohibited Bills of Attainder in Article 1 Sections 9+10 to protect Americans from an Autocratic Government and to prevent the deprivation of due process This prevents Congress from assuming the functions of the Judicial Branch when a Legislative Act declares a person guilty of a crime (usually treason) such Bills are prohibited under Article 1, section 9 of the Constitution. The enormous disparity of this evil admits of no comparison. The privilege is deemed not merely the privilege of the member or her constituents, but the privilege of the House did not stop Warren or Beyer or itself. Warren at the very least should have lost her voice and debate and Beyer the same along with his vote.

(6)    There is nowhere in the annals of recorded history that the thousands of Free Blacks or indentured Blacks or White, Red, or Yellow, or Brown Confederates fought the War for Southern Independence to protect the Institution of slavery. And while the Commander in Chief of the Union Army (Lincoln) is well documented in saying that he did not fight this War to end slavery, and that the South could have kept their slaves in slavery forever if the men of the South would have come back to the Union and ratified the Corwin Amendment.