This realization generates an interesting question: If they are rebelling against the law [the Constitution], then does the law protect them*?
* Defacto Officer doctrine, legal artifices protecting their own (link), etc.
Well, it’s quite the conundrum. What do you do when the lawmakers and enforcers are the lawbreakers? It’s easy to deal with corruption on an individual basis, but what do you do when most lawmakers are above the law? Constitution protections, for example, are worthless if all three branches collude to ignore them.
We like to think our leaders respect the law, but it’s clear they don’t. Democrats and many Republicans believe they can pretty much do whatever they please—AND THEY DO!
Like I wrote. The DHS says bitter clingers are potential rebels. I KNOW who the real rebels are, and they’re running the country! I don’t know what we can do about it, but I know, and they know, they’re in open rebellion. That’s what happens when statists reach the point where they control all the levers of power. They don’t even need to be surreptitious about it anymore.