Joe Huffman has his Just One Question. I have another:
If it is proper for a citizen to use force -- even lethal force -- to prevent or halt the commission of a felony (in the interest of preserving the life and property of the innocent), how much more-so to prevent an ongoing violation of a provision of the Constitution -- given that the latter is the source of authority for the former?
When is it proper, for example, to use force to stop a legislator engaged in unconstitutional actions? Indeed, when is it required of those who have sworn oaths to... protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic...?
Mark Philip Alger
February 7, 2009
Our Curmudgeon...
[See also my Civil Disobedience web page. When you have an answer please share.--Joe]