Most all people have a preconceived idea that the words Law of the Land, means the Constitution, some think it means Treaties because of what the US Supreme Court had stated about treaties being supreme. Still others think it means the Declaration of Independence.
These are all myths perpetrated by Government for so long that even patriot people believe this to be. I don't believe that anyone has really read, in the law dictionaries, the real definition of "Law of the Land". I have not seen one author bring this up as long as I have been in the battle with government. I had put some of this material on email about 10 months ago and got no response.
I start with Ballentine's Law Dictionary 3rd Ed. 1969. Page 714 and only the pertinent part to keep this short as you can read the rest.
"law of the land. The term in a constitutional provision that `no person ought to be taken, imprisoned, or divested of his freehold, liberty or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any manner deprived of his life, liberty, or property but by the law of the land," is synonymous with due process of law. (
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