Since we were talking about Contract Law today as if we somehow departed from the meanings used during the time that the constitution was penned.
The meaning of words is the spirit of the law. [Romans 8:2]
The government of this country is vested in its people. "People" means "militia" in Hebrew.
There is no doubt that the Founders meant for the government to be created and controlled by the same militia men who defended the country then and who defend it now. The Constitution was executed by a group of Americans calling themselves “We, the People”. To grasp what this implies requires us to go back over two hundred years and learn some things we are never taught in school. The word “people” means “militia” in Hebrew. When Joshua conquered Canaan he led his “people” in battle----he was leading his “militia”. Our Forefathers knew this, and so, when they said, “We, the People” they knew that it meant “We, the Militia”---an important point that tends to be lost on us today.
Unlike an army, a militia has civilian officers. Also unlike an army, membership in a militia is a birthright. You are born as a member of a state militia.
You will also notice that the word “People” in “We, the People” is capitalized. In contract law, capitalizing a word indicates a position of servitude or inferior political status. The men signing the Constitution were functioning as Fiduciary Deputies acting in behalf of their states, and thus were both “people”--- that is, members of their respective state militias, and, at the same time, public servants. That’s why in referring to themselves they used the capital “P” on “People”. Yes, they were members of the American Militia, but they were acting in a servile capacity while conducting the public’s business.
So what “We, the People” communicates is really quite different from what everyone assumes. Unless you are claiming to be a member of a state militia serving as a business agent or fiduciary, you really shouldn’t be ramming around using “We, the People” to describe yourselves.