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| An irregularly updated journal of my Fair and Balanced thoughts, reactions, opinions, biases, outrages, strategies, victories, and commentary. Whatever it is, it's much too subtle to be considered a parody... |
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| A government of laws, not men |
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June 08, 2004
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"That an elected official may willfully violate a law any time he or she believes it is unconstitutional has profound and unsettling implications," Justice Kavanagh wrote. "This view, if accepted, would mean that the [public official] is a law unto himself."
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It's fascinating how breaking the law in the name of doing right is justifiable when it's your side doing it. "A rebellion is always legal in the first person, such as 'our rebellion.' Is it only in the third person--'their rebellion'--that it becomes illegal." --Ben Franklin, 1776
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| .:Posted by Michael on June 8, 2004 7:17 PM:.
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