Liberty.

The concept of “liberty” as guaranteed by the due process clause of the Fifth and FourteenthAmendments of the U.S. Constitution has been held to denote by the U.S. Supreme Court and others, the following:

1. Freedom from bodily restraint.
2. Right of the individual to contract.
3. Right to engage in any of the common occupations of life.
4. Right to acquire useful knowledge.
5. Right to marry.
6. Right to establish a home.
7. Right to bring up children.
8. Right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience.
9. Right to enjoy those privileges long recognized at common-law as being essential to the
orderly pursuit of happiness by free men.
10. Right of freedom of association.

These “liberty” rights were upheld in the cases of Meyers v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390; Board of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 390; Flesher v. City of Signal Hill, 829 F.2d 1491; Estate of Marissa Renee Imrie v. Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, 282 F.Supp. 2d 1145 and many others.

Thus, the Right of Freedom of Association can be equated with nine (9) other rights under the legal concept of “liberty” that would not be even questioned by you to exercise in your life. 

The question becomes, “Why do you hesitate to exercise your freedom of association as part of your “liberty” interest”?

The answer is that you have been influenced by persons who do not put your liberty interest above their interest and would misrepresent the true law concerning the “liberty” of freedom of association.

Also, this “liberty” being freedom of association, may not be interfered with under the guise of protecting the public interests, arbitrarily interfere with private business, or impose unusual and unnecessary restrictions upon lawful occupations. Lawton v. Steele, 152 U.S. 133.

Again, the Right of Freedom of Association is one (1) of the liberties guaranteed by the
Supreme Law of the Land in the United States. (see above) This is why no Federal or State Agency has ever successfully even challenged a properly setup and operating 1
st & 14th Private Membership Association in the history of this country for over two hundred (200) years.