Traitors

  The rule of law. That is the founding principle for our nation. We declared our intentions plainly enough, and subsequently wrote the constitution. It took another 811 days to ratify and add the bill of rights. While attempting to get the constitution written and ratified adding amendments was a part of the deal. The amendments were a compromise at that time. As we all know and quote frequently today, free speech and the right to bear arms topped the list. They are essential to maintaining law and order! The bill of rights protect the people, not empower the government. Well, at least the first ten do but that is a discussion for another blog. The preamble to that constitution states the objective of that document quite plainly. To insure domestic tranquility. 

  Today I'm hearing about these attacks on ICE officials. An attack on ICE, is an attack upon the government. Treasonous in my book. With all the talk of due process these days, it appears that many do not fully understand what due process actually is. It certainly isn't attacking law enforcement personnel! These are targeted attacks, premeditated, planned and organized. An internal resistance force to our laws. And just who is funding and supporting this? Are they just people crusading for justice? Hardly, they are domestic terrorists. If our law enforcement personnel can not do their jobs without fear for their lives, and indeed the safety of their families, can we expect to have domestic tranquility? How is any of that due process? 

  A review of history will show some interesting parallels. Remember when a number of states refused to comply with the rule of law. They simply refused and eventually seceded from the union altogether. Yeah, a civil war erupted over that. But those states lost that battle and were readmitted to the union. What was the response? Those states simply began making their own laws, what we now call the Jim Crowe era, in an attempt to control a certain demographic. A demographic that provided fiscal rewards for those making the laws. That continued for nearly a hundred years! There were men wearing sheets enforcing all of that. No concern for due process at all. They weren't just wearing masks! The same groups today are complaining that ICE agents are wearing masks. 

  I see it all happening once again. States that are declaring their sovereignty. These states are now fostering armed violent protests against the rest of the nation. At least one is talking about succession. Many states refusing to cooperate with federal authority. What is the message being sent to our young people? Everyone gets to do whatever they want. I hear statements like, the constitution says, all people, it doesn't say just citizens of this country. So you're trying to tell me that after having won our independence, after defeating the strongest military in the world at that time, we wrote that "everyone" no matter what nation they call home is entitled to everything we won. We won that war for them!  Yeah, that makes sense alright.

  A foundational element of our government is the supremacy clause in the constitution. When all is said and done there has to be a final authority. The federal government is that authority, superseding any state law. Any disputes must be resolved through due process, ie: the supreme court of the United states of America. The court must issue its' opinion, and congress must subsequently concur with that opinion. All law enforcement agencies must act together to ensure that domestic tranquility. Each agency has a role to play and must be fully supported. Any attacks on law enforcement personnel is an attack on the government. It's a personal attack on your home! It isn't a protest, it isn't justice, it is terrorism!  Anyone attacking any law enforcement personnel should be treated as traitors! They are attacking the constitution.