Source: http://www.nopitbullbans.com/other/for-those-harassed-by-unconstitutional-census-workers/
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 00:18:29+00:00

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Some have erroneously asserted that “in such Manner as they shall by Law direct” means that the Census Bureau may collect any information it so chooses by any means necessary and with any attending punishment they deem appropriate. On the contrary, that phrase only means that by law surveys for enumeration may be conducted via mailings, door-to-door, etc. In other words, the Constitution does not limit the means by which enumeration takes place, whether by mail or in person; this phrase is not a carte blanche, free-for-all for the Census Bureau to ask any questions it likes and employ coercion or even assault in order to gain compliance.
Within the context of the Constitution — the sole purpose of which is to limit the power of government — there is no way one could or should infer that “in such Manner as they shall by Law direct” means that the founders of our Constitution would have allowed the intrusive line of questioning found either within the “American Community Survey” (ACS) or the “National Health Interview Survey,” and they certainly wouldn’t have condoned the tactics employed by the Census Bureau to glean answers to the overly-personal line of questioning found within these surveys.
But that’s why the American Community Survey, or ACS, while sounding like such a benign thing, is really an unconstitutional invasion of your privacy and why those operatives tasked with coercing you into compliance to take it are no better than the Gestapo. Yes, that’s right. I am comparing the stalking, surveiling, harassment, and coercion employed by U.S. Census workers to that done by the Nazi Gestapo. And no, I’m not using reductio ad absurdum or an absurd or outlandish metaphor so ridiculous it proves my point; I’m saying these unconstitutional Census takers are unto Nazis.
Their tools are audacity and a false sense of entitlement. But challenge them and their “authority” melts, showing it to be no more than bravado: THEY KNOW THEY’RE DOING WRONG!
Look at that arrogance, as if he has a right to be trespassing on my front porch. Yeah sure, sit down, make yourself at home on my front porch right next to the sign that says ‘No Trespassing’! Can I get you a cup of coffee pal?
In case you’re wondering what she’s doing looking so authoritative while she’s trespassing on my property at past 9 p.m. on a weekday, she is illegally sticking her hand all the way inside my mailbox, i.e. into my home. A mailbox is federal property, as in the property of the U.S. Postal Service, and in this case, my mailbox is flush with the front wall of my house, meaning she stuck her hand so far into my mailbox that she very well may have had a part of her body inside my home. Inform the postmaster in your city about this behavior, however, and they will do nothing. I guess it’s okay for rogue governmental representatives to violate their own laws; just not us, the lowly law-abiding.
There was also one woman who, when she discovered that she was on closed-circuit surveillance video (installed around my property after my city and neighborhood had a rise in home and property invasions) she became immediately frightened and shocked. The look on her face was priceless. I only wish I had that footage but alas it was lost due to a technical glitch. Still, do these U.S. Census operatives still want to defend what they’re doing as moral or even legal? The looks on their faces when you challenge them suggest otherwise. What lies have they been told that they believe give them “authority” to surveil, stalk, harass, and even assault perfectly law-abiding Americans in an attempt to coerce them into answering invasive personal questions that they have no business or constitutional authority to be asking?
Below is a copy of the letter I sent to the local branch of the U.S. Census Gestapo. You may copy it and use it in defense of you and your family’s constitutional rights should these Nazis ever again come pounding on your door. If they are there to coerce you into complying with one of their invasive surveys, i.e. for any other reason than to count the number of your household, then they are violating the Constitution.
Some have erroneously asserted that “in such Manner as they shall by Law direct” means that the Census Bureau may collect any information it so chooses by any means necessary and with any attending punishment they deem appropriate. On the contrary, that phrase only means that by law surveys for enumeration may be conducted via mailings, door-to-door, etc. In other words, the Constitution does not limit the means by which enumeration takes place, whether by mail or in person; this phrase is not a carte blanche, free-for-all for the Census Bureau to ask any questions it likes and employ coercion in order to gain compliance. Within the context of the Constitution — the sole purpose of which is to limit the power of government — there is no way one could or should infer that “in such Manner as they shall by Law direct” means that the founders of our Constitution would have allowed the intrusive line of questioning found either within the “American Community Survey” (ACS) or the “National Health Interview Survey,” and they certainly wouldn’t have condoned the tactics employed by the Census Bureau to glean answers to the overly-personal line of questioning found within these surveys.
Regarding the statutes passed by Congress found in Title 13 of the United States Code (USC) which includes § 5 (Questionnaires; number, form, and scope of inquiries); § 141 (Population and other census information), and § 221 (Penalties for noncompliance), it is clearly understood that these statutes go beyond the purview of the Constitution and are therefore unlawful. Applying the rule of statutory construction, if these statutes are to be construed in a way as to render them constitutional, then “any of the questions” to which § 221 (a) refers are only those necessary for enumeration. As such, one may only be lawfully fined if one refuses to disclose the number of persons residing in one’s household.
This important Amendment was intended to confirm the understanding of the people at the time the Constitution was adopted, that powers not granted to the United States were reserved to the States or the people. (United States v. Sprague, U.S.N.J.1931282 U.S. 716; as well as U.S. v. Thibault, C.C.A.N.Y.1931, 47 F.2d 169).
Indeed, beyond a head count, the information requested by the “American Community Survey” (ACS) or the “National Health Interview Survey” has absolutely nothing to do with apportioning direct taxes or determining the number of representatives in the House of Representatives. Therefore, neither Congress nor the Census Bureau has the constitutional authority to require the type of information requested by these surveys since they are not a component of the enumeration outlined in Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution. In addition, Americans cannot be subject to a fine for basing their conduct on the Constitution because that document trumps laws passed by Congress.
This United States Supreme Court case has never been overturned.
In addition, since the U.S. Supreme Court has determined (and Americans would agree) that “the principles that embody the essence of constitutional liberty and security forbid all invasions on the part of government and its employees of the sanctity of a man’s home and the privacies of his life” then your harassment, surveillance, trespassing, and stalking is that much more conspicuously immoral, unethical, unconstitutional, and criminal.
For instance, your representative had no right to disobey our polite, repeated demands to leave our private property, especially when said property is clearly marked in visible places with signage indicating ‘private property’ and ‘no trespassing’. One of your agents has now criminally trespassed — meaning she trespassed on land that was clearly marked with ‘no trespassing’ and ‘private property’ signs and then refused to leave when politely asked four times to leave and when informed that she was harassing us.
Further, we have no trust that the agents sent to our door are not intent on doing bodily harm since not only has the city had many reports of violations from those going door-to-door purporting to be something other than what they are, there have been reports of Census workers who attacked, stole from, and even raped unsuspecting Americans who were “guilty” of nothing more than engaging in a dialogue with representatives from the U.S. Census Bureau. Some of the Census Bureau’s temporary employees may even have criminal backgrounds – which must come in handy given the tactics they employ to coerce survey respondents into compliance – and yet you expect us to engage them?
Do you really expect us not to be intimidated by your representatives? Do you really expect us to believe that your representatives’ behavior couldn’t potentially do us harm when your agents harassed, surveilled, and stalked us, with one even criminally trespassing on our private property after we politely asked her four times to leave, to which she refused even though we informed her that she was trespassing and harassing us?! Should we simply give in to your strong-arm intimidation tactics that are not only unconstitutional, but at this point, criminal? As noted, we have no trust that your representatives aren’t intent on doing us harm when all of their behavior is threatening! Not only is their behavior grossly unAmerican, it is a bully tactic and one that conveys a threat to us and our unalienable 4th amendment right to privacy and the right to be secure in our real property, person, papers, and effects.
As such, we will not be participating in the personally invasive National Health Interview Survey or the American Community Survey and will certainly not be giving in to the coercion resultant of your criminal behavior. As even the Better Business Bureau advises, “No matter what they ask, you really only need to tell them how many people live at your address.” We have done so in accordance with the Constitution. You need no more from us and so we must please ask that you stop harassing us, stop surveilling us, stop trespassing on our private property, and stop contacting us in any way.

References: § 5
 § 141
 § 221
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