Established precedents are relative to all legal aspects.
The US Officials are sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution when they recite their oath of office. However, the majority of the Officials allow their delegated department employees to vacate legal precedents. Regarding fundamental fairness, the nuclear workers’ due process has been lethally absent.
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"The history of liberty is the history of due process." — Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas---------------
1. Rule of Law requires adherence to US Supreme Court precedent — only the U.S. Supreme Court can change its precedents; 2. the public has a right of access to electronic copies of laws (see e.g., 5 U.S.C. and 552 (a)(3)(c); 3. free speech includes the right to restate the laws; and 4. policy considerations favor full public access to public laws.EXCERPT: “The amendments to the US Constitution and their
declaratory and restrictive intent can be changed only by due process and the will of the people, as prescribed in the Fifth Article of the Original Constitution. . . Due process of law means, said the Supreme Court in a late case (1908), that ‘no change in ancient procedure can be made which disregards those fundamental principles...which...protect the citizen in his private right and guard him against the arbitrary action of the government. . .’ "---------------
Preamble to the Constitution
Amendment IX (1791)
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.Failure of the Constitution to mention a specific right does not mean that the government can abridge that right, but its protection has to be found elsewhere.---------------
Amendment XIV. . .Citizens Rights ratified July 9, 1868— 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. ---------------
