Findings; purpose

(a) Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) The Constitution of the United States of America and the laws made pursuant thereto are the supreme law of the United States of America. (2) The individual rights and liberties guaranteed and protected by the Constitution of the United States of America are the envy of the world. (3) Such liberties have encouraged individual genius to flourish in this Nation to the mutual benefit of all Americans and the world. (4) The principle of individual liberty is not simply a slogan for outside consumption but a reality for all Americans. (5) The role of elected officials of the United States is to secure and protect for its citizens as well as subsequent generations the liberties provided to us by our Founders. (6) The existence of such liberties has been a beacon to draw immigrants from around the world yearning to live free. (7) There are other legal and political systems in the world whose principles and laws diminish or destroy individual liberty and lead to individual subservience to governing authorities to the dread and misfortune of the people so governed. (8) The people of the United States of America desire to preserve the blessings of liberty and the rule of law for themselves and their posterity and ensure that no foreign legal or political systems in conflict or incompatible with our laws, traditions, and individual liberties are applied in the United States courts. (9) It is the Congress of the United States which possesses the authority to establish and regulate the jurisdiction of Federal courts and other adjudicative bodies. (b) Purpose It is the purpose of Congress to protect and promote for ourselves and our posterity the individual rights and privileges granted by our Founders under the Constitution of the United States of America and the laws made pursuant thereto.