Saturday, July 21, 2012

The necessity for the triadic form should be obvious. A democracy is formed of Many. There are millions of individuals in a democracy. These millions cannot govern themselves. They need a center of government for the proper organization of the needs and perpetuation of their individuality. That center of government is the Top. But there are huge differences between the Top and the millions at the Bottom. Hence, the Bottom must find a focal point from where they are to be governed. I say "to be governed", because the point is not some kind of a permanent place from where laws and rules emmanate. No, its a temporary place, which is renewed from time to time(in our Nation every 4 years).But, this renewal of the act of governing must be held stable and in conformity with the Constiution. The place from where this stability is arranged are the sides of the triad.That is triadic government. The Executive is the Top; the Legislative is the Bottom; the Judicial are the sides of the triad. The triadic is an ever rotating movement of stability and harmony. That triad is described in the Constitution. Conformity with the structure in the Constitution is absolutely necessary. Always moving,the triad harmonizes the Top and the Bottom. However the Top functions through the uses of language and the interpretive practices of the Constitution. As everyone knows, language is abstract and hence has too much wiggle room which allows for variations and differences of interpretation. That variability of meaning opens the door to the subterfuges we find in political practices. In other words, the Top is abstract, but the Bottom is real, concrete and there must be a bridge between the two. That bridge should be formed within the Procedural aspects of Constitutional Law. Law is the glue that holds the two different natures, i.e.the Top and the Bottom, together. Without the Bottom, there is no need for a Top. Without the Top, the Bottom cannot govern itself. The Constitution created the Top and the sides of the triad, but not the Bottom. The Bottom is just an arrangement of individuals that needs governing. The structure is created by our Constitution and both ends are necessary. With the help of the Judicial, some degree of stability between the two can be achieved. The Top is there because the Bottom put them there. The sides of the triad are put there by the Top and the Bottom. But, no Constitution or individual created the Bottom. The Bottom is a sacred arrangement of individual human beings and that sacredness is protected by the First Amendment. The Founding Fathers saw fit to respect and preserve their Right to peaceably "assemble" and "petition for grieviances". If all is not right at the Top, the bottom has a right to revolution.

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