On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:32 PM, John Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Ruled???! I don't think we elected a dictator. > > What happens if someone breaks a law that Obama manages to push > through Congress because of a perceived mandate? How is that not being > ruled? > Why, if that person is convicted, he or she will face the penalties the law provides for. And, all mandates are a matter of perception. > > > If I hadn't consented to be so governed, I guess I'd have left the > country > > or worked to overthrow our form of government. Do you imagine that all > the > > people who didn't vote for Obama are doing one of those things? > > Is there no middle ground? One must consent, or leave the country / > start a rebellion? Certainly citizens have avenues open to them in which they can seek to have a particular law repealed. If that political process fails, one may seek to have the law declared unconstitutional. If the law passes constitutional muster, one either accepts the law and abides by it, or one chooses to ignore it. Technically speaking, if one ignores a law, one is in rebellion. Of course, it is our revolutionary right, spelled out in the Declaration of Independence, to rebel against an unjust government. Or one can leave the country. But more likely, one will just complain. john _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
