Dear editor,
What is the difference between "Commander in Chief" or Commander and Chief? Very little except one is written that particular way in our Constitution, and the quotation marks indicate that term came from another's writings.
My belief, or opinion for this term's purpose is a greater theory with the following evidence. Article II begins with the words "The executive Power shall be vested in a President", and/in "Chief" "executive" "Officer" with both being one in the same as the "Commander" of our armed forces. All are different (capitalized) names identifying the same government "Officer", and the many duties meaning Commander and Chief is effectively correct unless using quotation marks.
Now I will use the previous information to make my actual point regarding reality, and truth. Article. III. states "The judicial Power" … "shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may" … "ordain and establish". Now if anyone uses the words "Supreme Court" with, or Supreme Court without the quotation marks are these the same words written in our Constitution?
No! By capitalizing the word "supreme" you have indicated your belief, opinion, or lesser theory that the Constitution names that "one" (meaning you can only have one; all being adjectives) highest, top, dominant, or supreme "Court." Our Constitution didn't name the many inferior "Courts" now named by congressional law as "Judicial Circuit Courts", or the (spelling is correct) one supreme "Court"!
Our Constitution established and named the "Senate, House of Representatives", and "President" but only established the "one supreme Court" while leaving the naming of the "Court" to the two newly elected legislative houses when first convened "in a Congress" to complete the naming of our government.
Among our 230 years of judges and master legislators, including Nancy Pelosi who gave us "you need to pass the bill to see what is in it beyond the fog" of their political D.C. ivory towers, are they truly what they claim to be for "We the People" while not understanding, or ignoring our written Constitution?
STEVEN KING
Milton
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