If you’re the president, if you’re a member of Congress, if you are a TSA agent, the only reason why somebody should listen to what you say, instead of horsewhipping you out of town for your impertinence, is because you exercise power via the Constitution. If the Constitution doesn’t count, you don’t have any legitimate power. You’re a thief, a brigand, an officious busybody, somebody who should be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail for trying to exercise power you don’t possess.
So if we’re going to start ignoring the Constitution, I’m fine with that. The first part I’m going to start ignoring is the part that says, I have to do whatever they say.
Glenn Reynolds
Feb 18, 2013
Glenn Reynolds on Politics, the Constitution, and Technology
From the partial transcript at The Raj Koothrappali Approach to Constitutional Law.
[I have nothing to add.—Joe]
“So if we’re going to start ignoring the Constitution, I’m fine with that. The first part I’m going to start ignoring is the part that says, I have to do whatever they say.” That’s all well and good, but when they have a bunch of guns and will try to compel you by force of arms to do what they say, merely ignoring the criminals isn’t sufficient.
Your right. Ignoring them is the problem. It’s what they pray we continue doing.
And what you say is always what they do. They don’t have anything but force left to them. Indeed, it’s all they ever wanted.
Glenn is just showing the first real signs that America is breaking up.
Which to me, is the intended propose of the lies, theft, and propaganda.
Our problem is we believed the lie. That the constitution had as much meaning to them, as it does to us. It never did. Some of our forefather even warned us.
This time were armed. And in many instances better than they are.
We just haven’t started acting in groups to protect ourselves yet.
(Thus the propaganda campaign about violent white extremists.)
Funny how the politicians are being played this time. Just look at Sri Lanka. People are starving. But the politicians are getting burned out.
Imagine if they had guns?
Glenns showing us the attitude we should have had all along. Survival of humanity depends on us showing it.
This is exactly what “consent of the governed” means. Constitution is a contract under breach.
Blah Blah Blah….
The leftis in power and the left does what it does BECAUSE THEY CAN. And they do so without any fear of repercussions. As long as that is the reality we live in they will continue to violate the law, the Constitution and all of us. When they start dangling from trees or bleeding out they will reconsider their actions. And not before then.