Project Gutenberg 2011-05-18 Public domain in the USA. 145 Spooner, Lysander 1808 1887 No Treason, Vol. VI.: The Constitution of No Authority Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Treason Produced by Susan Goble, Curtis Weyant, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "No Treason, Vol. VI.: The Constitution of No Authority" by Lysander Spooner is a philosophical essay written in the late 19th century. The work critically examines the authority of the United States Constitution, arguing that it lacks legitimacy as a binding contract on future generations. Spooner contends that the Constitution was not agreed upon by the people it ostensibly governs, and therefore cannot justly impose obligations on individuals who were neither consulted nor have consented to its terms. At the start of this treatise, Spooner makes a compelling case against the notion that the Constitution carries any inherent authority. He argues that the founding document was essentially a pact among the people living at the time of its creation, incapable of binding those who came after. The opening chapters delve into the implications of consent, voting, and taxation, asserting that these mechanisms do not constitute genuine agreement or support for the government's actions as delineated in the Constitution. Spooner positions the Constitution as a relic, anchoring his argument in legal principles and calling out the fallacy of a government system that operates under the guise of consent while being maintained through coercion and secrecy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Constitutional law -- United States KF Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: American Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Politics 147583 2025-08-14T15:34:35.614396 text/html 145121 2011-05-18T09:19:18 text/html 133684 2025-08-14T15:34:41.777361 application/epub+zip 133794 2025-08-14T15:34:38.893384 application/epub+zip 104618 2025-08-14T15:34:37.714414 application/epub+zip 336734 2025-08-14T15:34:43.820379 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324588 2025-08-14T15:34:40.918395 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 215154 2022-09-16T13:43:54.975289 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 135105 2025-08-14T15:34:35.309421 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 134842 2011-05-18T09:19:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18926 2025-08-14T15:34:43.945341 application/rdf+xml 21031 2025-08-14T15:34:38.207391 image/jpeg 4553 2025-08-14T15:34:37.959385 image/jpeg 46739 2011-05-18T09:19:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 44523 2011-05-18T09:19:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 132723 2025-08-14T15:34:35.626405 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia