MARTIN ARMSTRONG: The federal courts are STATUTORY, not Constitutional. The president can shut down all the federal courts. Only court he cannot shut down is the Supreme Court

Thank you to Martin Armstrong's piece, "Can Neocons Declare Martial Law to Prevent Trump from Taking Power?"

Table of Contents from Armstrong's recent book, Creating World War III.

As I laid out in this report, Creating World War III, martial law was declared once in the United States during the 20th century. Because the president never challenged and endorsed it, it was in place for several years. I have also reviewed the Supreme Court decisions on this subject, and shockingly, martial law is valid if you also close down the courts.

Most people do not know the legal system very well since they are not taught the details in school, other than law school, to a minimal extent. The federal courts are STATUTORY, not Constitutional. The president can shut down all the federal courts. The ONLY court created by the Constitution that the president cannot shut down is the Supreme Court. All other courts exist at the PLEASURE of the government. 

Okay, so I wished that Martin could parse out the differences in courts here.  I will try my best after searching the internet, noooooooooooooo!!!  

Okay, So I found this,

It’s essential to understand how constitutional vs statutory law underscores the significance of these principles. While statutory laws are created by legislative bodies, they can never contravene the established constitutional mandates.  This interaction reveals the balance of power and the role of the constitution in safeguarding individual rights. 

And there's this, 

Statutory law refers to the body of law created by legislative bodies through the enactment of statutes. Unlike constitutional law, which derives its authority from constitutions, statutory law is rooted in the laws passed by legislative entities, such as Congress at the federal level or state legislatures at the state level. Understanding this process is vital for distinguishing between the realms of constitutional vs statutory law. 

Okay, so statutory refers to laws generated by legislative bodies, but they can never "contravene the established constitutional mandates."  Statutory law is rooted in the laws passed by legislative entities, such as Congress at the federal level or state legislatures at the state level.  

from Legal Insight USA,

MARTIN ARMSTRONG: if Trump gets in, the Neocons are out. Victorian Nuland was thrown out of Trump's Administration. She has been in every Administration but Trump's

Gold has got nothing to do with inflation.  Gold goes up basically when you're questioning the future, who is going to survive?  Gold goes up generally when there is a collapse in confidence in government, and that typically centers around war.  --Martin Armstrong

 

Thank you to Lew Rockwell @ LRC.

14:30, HUNTER.  So let's say they get war, what happens to the economy? What happens to the bond market?  

14:38, ARMSTRONG.  Basically, we're looking at a 2-year decline in the stock market, interest rates going up, and you're looking at major crises in debt.  China owns 10% of our debt.  They would be absolutely brain-dead to hold on to any of it.  Because what happens in war?  You default on your enemy.  That's it.  Whatever they have, sorry, we're not paying anything.  Go on.  This is what they do.  

15:15, HUNTER.  Is this why gold is hitting one record high after another?  I mean it briefly went over $2,600 an ounce, and Goldman analysts are saying, nah, it's going to $3,000.  They're going to get this war.  I mean they're not going to stop, are they?  Are they afraid of default?  That's why gold is going up?  

15:35, ARMSTRONG.  Look at gold back going into 1980.  It went from $176 to only $400 in December 1979.  It from $400 to $875 in the last 6 weeks of 1979.  Why?  It had nothing to do with inflation.  Why?  That's when Russia invaded Afghanistan.  Gold has got nothing to do with inflation, that's nonsense.  The national debt went up for 19 years, and gold went down for 19 years.  That's just a one-dimensional analysis, "Oh, buy gold, because it's inflation."  No, it's not.  Gold goes up basically when you're questioning the future, who is going to survive?  Gold goes up generally when there is a collapse in confidence in government, and that typically centers around war.  That's the way things have been for centuries.  

from GoldSeek,

"That was basically caused by OPEC raising the price of oil dramatically and that created a cost-push inflation. So everybody's costs were rising dramatically. Anything that had to do with plastic, went up dramatically and that created eventually the inflationary boom between 1976 going into 1980. As for gold rose to $875, etc...I think gold was about a $100 in 1976 and it rose to about $400 but that was by December 1979, the last six weeks of the rally, which peaked in 1980 on January 21st. So from December to January 21st, that's when Russia invaded Afghanistan. So it was the geopolitical stuff that took gold from $400 to $875. So it's important to understand inflation is not the major driving power but inflation when war is around – that's what broke Bretton Woods...it was the Vietnam War."

16:45. Are they going to try to kill Trump again are they going to go for the third time as a charm are they going to do it again I'm not trying to be morbid I don't want him dead I don't want him dead but these people are cuckoo demonic are they going to try to kill him again?

17:02  I wouldn't put it past them. I mean maybe next time they use monkeypox or bird flu or something but Trump represents a real threat to their power.  If Trump gets in, the Neocons are out.  Who wrote that article for the Washington Post, "A Trump Dictatorship Is Increasingly Inevitable," Oh Trump Would Be a Dictator?  We Should Stop Pretending"? It was Victoria Nuland's husband, Robert Kagan.  Why?  Because Victorian Nuland was thrown out of Trump's Administration she has been in every Administration but Trump's pick up the rug and look at this stuff from the beginning of this year I was told that Biden will never be the candidate he was to remain on there to prevent anybody else from getting on the ticket including RFK why because this has been a setup I was told that he would stay until after the Republican convention why so the Republicans are confused and they don't know who they're running against then he steps down and hands it to Kamala this is the first time in history the Democrats have never had a right to vote for their own candidate why do they want to know why why do they want Kamala Harris because she's another Biden she says whatever she's told and will sign whatever they put in front of her nose.  That's why they want her I don't think they thought that she would do as bad in the approval rating the real one not the fake one the people that come to you for the real numbers so they come to you for the real numbers because when I put this number out Martin Armstrong says that it's 10, 10.5%.  My other source who backs it up says it's 8 and 1/2%. I don't get a single troll that says, "Oh, that's wrong because they don't want that to show up in search."  Not even alt media will pick it up.  Zero Hedge did pick it up last time, but that's a real number.

19:32. They can make them say whatever they want.

19:40. I'm not a fan of hers either but Hillary would have been better 

19:50. She's not going to be president and then do everything that they say, no. They don't want a strong president.

19:55. I hate to tell you this, but Biden would have lost, but Biden would have done better than Kamala. 

20:04. Maybe.  I mean she never even got one delegate in the primary before against Biden. They are afraid, they know she can't win, that's why the push for the shooters.  I mean how clumsy is this, another assassination?  They're pushing for shooting missiles into Russia. They know she can't win.

20:17. The second attempt at assassination is even more but this guy is not from Florida the question is how did he he got down there and suddenly suddenly gave him a gun and untraceable gun

ARMSTRONG: the model forecasts that Trump should win. I do not see how the Neocons would allow a Trump victory to occur

I have said historically that the LEFT is always the most violent because the foundation of what they preach is that they are the victims of the rich. Vance actually made this point.

"The big difference between conservatives and liberals is that no one has tried to kill Kamala Harris in the last couple of months,” Vance said. “And two people now have tried to kill Donald Trump in the last couple of months.”  --Martin Armstrong

Thank you to Martin Armstrong @ Armstrong Economics.

from The Rise of the Neocons: Who Are They?  Where Did They Come From?  How Are They Now in Control? Martin Armstrong, 2023.

In fact, from the outset, [the Neocons] directed American foreign policy to sanction even Western companies that made pipe for all of the Russian pipelines to Europe since 1960. This has been going on for 72 years. The origin of the Neocons was actually inside the Democratic Party. They wanted the totalitarian power that Marxism created, but they were not fond of the economic equality positions. Thus they became the “conservatives” inside the Democratic Party – not the Republicans. Yet ever since, they have gathered Republicans to support their causes as well and that is typically waging war and their main goal is always Regime Change. Today, they have become an unelected silent third party that infiltrates the current administration to gain their objectives.

2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BY POPULAR VOTE

2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BY POPULAR VOTE

COMMENT: Well, based on the last 2 screenshots you posted of you asking Socrates about what if Kamala wins and then this one, it appears that even though Socrates projects a Trump / Republican win in 2024, THEY will not allow that due to what Socrates says in both posts . . . a Dow high in 2024 and a 2-year decline + a 20% – 44% decline in the DOW if Harris “wins.”

Oh crap!  Chaz

REPLY: I have always sought to differentiate my personal opinion from that of the computer. I have shown the model forecast that 4 out of 6 show that Trump should win. I have expressed my opinion that I do not see how the Neocons would allow Trump to occur. I was in a meeting in Berlin in May after the WEC in London. I stated there that I personally believed that they would try to assassinate Trump. They thought I was a little out there on that one. I explained that was my opinion because the computer overwhelmingly points to a Republican victory. The 2020 projection was 50/50 so I reported it would be a tight race.

I have said historically that the LEFT is always the most violent because the foundation of what they preach is that they are the victims of the rich. Vance actually made this point.

"The big difference between conservatives and liberals is that no one has tried to kill Kamala Harris in the last couple of months,” Vance said. “And two people now have tried to kill Donald Trump in the last couple of months.”

He added, “I’d say that’s pretty strong evidence that the left needs to tone down the rhetoric and needs to cut this crap out. Somebody’s gonna get hurt by it, and it’s gonna destroy this country.”

Look, I just know these Neocons. They will keep trying to start World War III and/or kill Trump. There is way too much at stake for them here. I think you are going to read in the future that this was a major black-ops conspiracy. They have spent their whole lives hating Russians. I cannot see them quietly fading into the sunset. Let’s see. If they kill Trump or start World War III before January, then he wins, but they have trapped his agenda into war.

ARMSTRONG: This is a continuation of a coup, which is getting serious.

This is  NOT a Democrat vs Republican election. This is Neocons vs American People.  --Martin Armstrong

Thank you to Martin Armstrong @ Armstrong Economics.

I have warned that there is WAY TOO MUCH ON THE TABLE here if Trump wins. That will terminate the agenda of the Neocons and their dream of conquering Russia, which has been their lifelong dream. I believe that they were psychologically damaged when we were told in the ’50s to hide under our desks because of a possible Russian nuclear attack. They appear to have been mentally impacted living in fear of Russia.

I did a report on the Rise of the Neocons and their rise to power. These people have seized control of our Foreign Policy and are driving the world into World War III. I know some of these people and have looked them straight in the eye. The Neocon movement was began by Irving Kristol whose son Bill Kristol even spoke at one of our conferences.

The Rise of the Neocons: Who Are They?  Where Did They Come From? How Are They Now in Control? Martin Armstrong, 2023.

I confess, originally, that I believed that the Neocons were about economics. I even helped Bill Kristol launch his magazine, taking the back cover for months. I was probably the first to advertise full-page advertisements in the Weekly Standard. They were economic-oriented advertisements – not geopolitical. Bill Kristol managed to convince Rupert Murdoch to fund the Weekly Standard. As The New Yorker wrote, 

“For twenty-three years, it was the most influential, and often the most interesting, publication of the American right, championing a less dreary and more adventurous conservatism, one that insisted that Washington was the center of human events.”

In 2009, Murdoch sold the Weekly Standard, 1995-2018, to Philip Anschutz, a Republican billionaire who made his fortune in oil and railroads. The match was not made in heaven. What killed Bill Kristol’s Weekly Standard as it collapsed after 23 years was his own Neocon philosophy that attacked Trump because he was against war and did not share Kristol’s grand redesign of the world order. Kristol turned his magazine outright against Trump in 2016 because Trump was anti-war and Hillary was a Neocon. Kristol used his magazine to try to stop Trump because he was anti-war. He killed his magazine over this issue.

These people switch parties to whoever will wage war. Dick Cheney endorsed Kamala. Then you have all the Neocons coming out to claim they are Republicans for Kamala. 

THE 2020 COUP.  WILL IT HAPPEN IN 2024?

We are in the midst of a continuation of the same coup I wrote about in how they really stole the 2020 election – using the January 6th event to impose EMERGENCY RULES to shut down any challenges. And if that did not work, Pelosi also imposed COVID RULES that no more than 53 people could be on the floor at one time when if a state’s vote was challenged it was to be debated before the FULL Congress.

I also reported that sources had said that a VIRUS WAS COMING two months before anyone heard of such an event. These things have all been well planned, and it has been over the desire to conquer Russia.

Hillary blamed Putin, and we had hundreds of millions spent on nothing. [Why] did they paint Trump as Putin’s puppet? Because they wanted to wage war against Russia, and Trump did not. So, they did not want anyone talking to Putin. They claimed no war was because Trump was Putin’s puppet.

I reported on the private blog that “My RELIABLE  sources in December [2019] began saying that “a virus is coming” and Gates began selling off stock in other companies.” If you look at the portfolios, you will see even the WEF began dumping shares before anyone heard of COVID.

The rumors circulating are that those in the Deep State have been leaking info about Trump, and we already know that they do not want Trump in office. This would-be assassin was from out of state. Yet, he somehow knew Trump’s schedule and found a gun in Florida conveniently to carry out the act. This is a continuation of a coup, which is getting serious. Routh’s connection to Ukraine is troubling for it shows he was pro-war and reportedly said that, “We need thousands of people here to fight alongside Ukrainians.”

I fear Socrates will be correct, and this 2024 election will be the last. This is NOT a Democrat vs Republican election. This is Neocons vs American People.

Sheriff Snyder said, “How does a guy from not here get all the way to Trump International, realize that the president, former president of the United States, is golfing and is able to get a rifle in that vicinity?” He’s asking the same question the rest of us are! Can the FBI/NSA/Homeland Security be trusted? Watch Green Zone if you have not.

MARTIN ARMSTRONG: I have warned that the Neocons are scared to death of Trump, and if RFK joins Trump as the Attorney General, as I have been arguing behind the curtain, they are desperate to start World War III before the election.

Indeed, Russia has an opportunity to now annihilate the entire invading force, including Americans, by deploying a small tactical nuclear weapon inside its own borders. Nobody can say anything about that, and Russia would be within its right to do so just as if Chinese, Russian, or North Korean private military invaded the United States.  --Martin Armstrong

Thank you to Martin Armstrong @ Armstrong Economics.

Last June, Biden lifted the ban on American contractors sending mercenaries into Ukraine. When he lifted the ban on American weapons, allowing them to be deployed inside Russia, this was another step that de facto allowed these private American military operations to invade Russia pretending it is not the official United States. I have warned that the Neocons are scared to death of Trump, and if RFK joins Trump as the Attorney General, as I have been arguing behind the curtain, they are desperate to start World War III before the election.

The Neocons used Biden to circumvent Congress to create World War III, deploying private armies to negate Congressional approval.  --Martin Armstrong

Sources are reporting that Stephanie Holmes, the US Chargé d’Affaires in Russia, was summoned to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to explain why Americans have invaded Russia with the invasion of the Ukrainian Army into the Kursk region.  By 2008, the US Department of Defense employed 155,826 private contractors in Iraq — and 152,275 troops. This degree of privatization is unprecedented in modern warfare. The Neocons used Biden to circumvent Congress to create World War III, deploying private armies to negate Congressional approval.

Indeed, Russia has an opportunity to now annihilate the entire invading force, including Americans, by deploying a small tactical nuclear weapon inside its own borders. Nobody can say anything about that, and Russia would be within its right to do so just as if Chinese, Russian, or North Korean private military invaded the United States.

September has been a significant target on our computer all year for civil unrest and international war. Gold’s performance appears linked to this action, whereas silver and platinum have not responded. While gold may peak by next week, September remains a major Panic Cycle in many markets, including gold. Russia is certainly within its right to use whatever means necessary to eradicate this invading force. If it does not respond on its own territory, then it would only invite a full-scale NATO invasion.

These Neocons are traitors to the United States and the future of our nation, all for their personal hatred of Russians.

MARTIN ARMSTRONG: [John Bolton] is always willing to send American boys to their deaths but sought a deferment for himself

Thank you to Martin Armstrong's "Americans Usurping American Foreign Policy & Assassinations for Regime Change." 

Let’s make this very clear about Bolton. John Bolton was a fervent supporter of the Vietnam War, yet he managed to avoid combat through a student deferment followed by enlistment in the Maryland Air National Guard. He is always willing to send American boys to their deaths but sought a deferment for himself. Bolton openly supported the United States’ interference in other countries under his philosophy that, somehow, we have the right to carry out regime changes worldwide. That is precisely what got JFK assassinated by the CIA because they were engaging in regime change, assassinating leaders, and he wanted to terminate the CIA.  --Martin Armstrong

I can tell you that when Regan was elected, the Republicans were beside themselves. When I asked: What’s the problem? They said: “You don’t understand!” They explained that they would have to “train” him because he was a “governor” and not one of them from the swamp. The Neocons tried their best to prevent Reagan from even meeting with Gorbachev. They told him “You can never trust a Russian!” 

Had Reagan listened to the Neocons, the Berlin Wall would never have fallen. The Neocons simply converted their hatred of communists into hatred of all Russians.

When I went to dinner at Mar-a-Lago in March 2020, Trump said he wanted to pull the troops out of Afghanistan because he was tired of writing letters to their families claiming that their child died for God and country. As I said, he asked what we were doing there. I got to see that Trump was human and was concerned for the soldiers who were dying only because of the Neocons, like John Bolton. Bolton constantly wanted to convert the United States into an imperial power that dominated the entire world with his endless wars. This is why Russia and China see us as a vile “imperialistic” world power assassinating leaders and overthrowing governments – regime change.   

These UNELECTED Neocons abuse the power of the United States and turn the world against us.

Let’s make this very clear about Bolton. John Bolton was a fervent supporter of the Vietnam War, yet he managed to avoid combat through a student deferment followed by enlistment in the Maryland Air National Guard. He is always willing to send American boys to their deaths but sought a deferment for himself. Bolton openly supported the United States’ interference in other countries under his philosophy that, somehow, we have the right to carry out regime changes worldwide. That is precisely what got JFK assassinated by the CIA because they were engaging in regime change, assassinating leaders, and he wanted to terminate the CIA. Just look at Project Northwoods, where they tried to kill Americans and blame it on Cuba to justify an invasion. These Neocons are a threat to the United States and will sacrifice your children as well as you to win this game of power.  

Questions remain about Nixon and Watergate despite four decades of literature from historians, journalists, academics, and politicians. Who ordered the break-in at the DNC headquarters on June 17, 1972? What was erased from the infamous 18 ½ minute gap? How much did Nixon know about the cover-up? But more importantly, what most people do not know is that Nixon, who had confronted the CIA and told the direction “I know who killed JFK” when he left office, Nixon REFUSED to accept Secret Service protection and hired his own security out of his own pocket. Interesting. Perhaps Nixon knew far more than the government ever allowed to be said in public.

ARMSTRONG: with the Democrats trying to pull [Trump's] Secret Service protection and denying RFK Jr Secret Service protection, one must face the reality that there is a very dark side to Washington that never sees the light.

Thank you to Martin Armstrong's "Trump Beware--This May Be Only the First," found at Armstrong Economics. 

They tried to get Gorbachev to join NATO, which set off the coup against him in Russia, ending with Yelsin becoming Russia’s leader. When they tried to blackmail Yeltsin to stick in their puppet, Boris Berezovsky, that is when Yeltsin turned to Putin because the Communists were also trying to impeach him. Putin was neither an oligarch nor a communist. That is why Hillary blamed Putin for interfering in the 2016 election, for they had interfered in the Russian 2000 election.  --Martin Armstrong

The country is so polarized by this demonization of Trump that, beginning with Hillary calling half the country “deplorables,” what has set in motion is the decline and fall of our country. It was McCain who handed the fake dossier Hillary paid to have written against Trump all because the two of them were Neocons, and as I have reported before, I was asked to invest $10 billion into Hermitage Capital to take over Russia, which Edmond Safra and Bill Browder owned. This has always been these Neocons and their hatred of Russians. They have been waging endless wars with no victories, and more than 50% of the national debt is all because of them and their abuse of American power. We are still paying interest in the funding for every war, including World War II, because they NEVER pay anything off.

They tried to get Gorbachev to join NATO, which set off the coup against him in Russia, ending with Yelsin becoming Russia’s leader. When they tried to blackmail Yeltsin to stick in their puppet, Boris Berezovsky, that is when Yeltsin turned to Putin because the Communists were also trying to impeach him. Putin was neither an oligarch nor a communist. That is why Hillary blamed Putin for interfering in the 2016 election, for they had interfered in the Russian 2000 election.

Donald Trump MUST be careful. I question how someone could be on that roof in shooting distance without the Secret Service’s awareness. Just because Trump has survived one assassination attempt, with the Democrats trying to pull his Secret Service protection and denying RFK Jr Secret Service protection, one must face the reality that there is a very dark side to Washington that never sees the light.

Most people are not aware, but there have been multiple attempts against other presidents also during periods that have often been disconcerting. The assassin was 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who Secret Service agents killed at the scene after the shooting. He had donated $15 to a progressive Democrat movement. The FBI identified him as a resident of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania – about 35 miles south of Butler, where Trump was holding his rally.

There were 2 tries against Abraham Lincoln with the second one succeeding.

There were also 2 attempts against William Howard Taft in 1909 and again in 1910.

There were also 2 attempts against Franklin Roosevelt.

There were 2 against Harry Truman as well as against Richard Nixon and George W. Bush.

Gerald Ford had 3 attempts on his life. 

Even Jimmy Carter had 2 attempts.

The record for attempted assassinations is held by Obama, with 8 attempts on his life. Even Bill Clinton had 5 attempts. We must be aware that the Democrats have so polarized this election with hatred that we must be deeply concerned that if Trump is assassinated, this country will be torn apart.  

Armstrong points out that political assassinations of leaders or presidents were a 19th-century idea, called "Propaganda of or by the Deed" that required physical violence to inspire revolution.

The very idea of assassinating leaders such as President Lincoln and President McKinley was part of an international trend that began during the 19th century and was based upon the theory that some dramatic deed was necessary to spark a revolution. It was called the "Propaganda of, or by, the deed,” and it advocated physical violence in a dramatic, provocative public act perpetrated against political enemies to inspire others to act in a popular mass rebellion or revolution. This was a political philosophy that was part of the radical thought process that was emerging with Marxism. Still, it was not precisely advocated by Marx, who was generally a revolutionary.

There have been four Presidents assassinated and three who were wounded, with two misses since 1865. 

1865, Abraham Lincoln, April 14th

1881, James A. Garfield, July 2nd

1901, William McKinley, September 6th

1912, Theodore Roosevelt, October 14th (wounded)

1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt, February 15 (5 shots fired missed)

1963, John F. Kennedy, November 22nd

1975, Gerald Ford, September 5th, and 22nd (missed)

1981, Ronald Reagan, March 30 (wounded)

2005, George W. Bush, May 10 (hand grenade thrown but was dud). 

2024, Donald Trump, July 13th (wounded) 

Russia to conduct missile tests for 10 days 300 miles offshore from San Francisco in international waters.

What Putin does not get is that our wonderful Neocons care nothing about the country, the people, and certainly not the economy.  He keeps warning – is this what you really want? They do not back down and want war so bad they can taste it in their sleep.  --Martin Armstrong

Thanks to Martin Armstrong @ Armstrong Economics.

Putin keeps trying to warn the American Neocons that they are playing with World War III, which will be nuclear. They issued a Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) that they will be firing missiles in a test just off the coast of northern California coast, thereby alerting pilots of Russian missile launches to LAND / IMPACT in the Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center ((ARTCC). This will begin tomorrow and continue for 10 days. This is 300 miles offshore in international waters.

What Putin does not get is that our wonderful Neocons care nothing about the country, the people, and certainly not the economy. The Climate Change zealots in the White House agree with them and think reducing the population may be the only way to reach their NET ZERO target for CO2. He keeps warning – is this what you really want? They do not back down and want war so bad they can taste it in their sleep.

The first week of June in a Panic Cycle and the climate change nuts are punching for restrictions on travel this summer and the date is June 6th is what they are shooting for. They want to curtain your summer vacation this year to reduce CO2. If they can throw in war – fantastic! The only question they indeed to ask after World War III – Did we get enough of them to save the planet? 

ELON MUSK: Saying the Quiet Parts Out Loud and Outing the NeoCon Playbook for All to See

Musk saying the quiet parts out loud. Neocons and Ukrainians (but I repeat myself) hate him for it. https://t.co/nlqJr7LRR1

— Tom Luongo (Give Deflation a Chance!) (@TFL1728) October 17, 2022