You are sworn to uphold the Constitution and LAWFUL orders. You are under no obligation to enforce any unconstitutional orders. Executive orders like judicial orders are rarely Constitutional. The Executive orders are for the Executive branch.
I know many people adore Lincoln. In fact, my GGGGGrandfather (William Price Clary) was a very close friend of his by all contemporary records. But he shredded the Constitution in persuit of political ideology. His ends were Noble, but his means were UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The judiciary was already far down this path with "Marbury vs Madison" the first Unconstitutional Power Grab with unchecked authority.
We must restore CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT with it's CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. Workarounds for political gain, even our own, cannot be tolerated any longer.
Yep Lincoln shut down papers, arrested journalists, bribed congressmen with jobs for their kids, and started a war. All because a good part of population felt like they were facing a tyrannical government.
What was Lincoln's response? Basically, "Oh, I'll show you Southern hillbillies what a tyrannical government looks like bitches!"
Not to mention that his highest priority which was to preserve the Union has no Constitutional Basis and silence on such questions is reserved to the states or to the People by the Tenth Amendment.
It actually violates the Spirit of the Declaration of Independence which requires the consent of the governed in order to be legitimate.
“If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves,” he wrote, “I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.”
Abraham Lincoln
In reality, he could not save the Union except by WAR and ignoring the Constitution. And he did it.
You are sworn to uphold the Constitution and LAWFUL orders. You are under no obligation to enforce any unconstitutional orders. Executive orders like judicial orders are rarely Constitutional. The Executive orders are for the Executive branch.
I know many people adore Lincoln. In fact, my GGGGGrandfather (William Price Clary) was a very close friend of his by all contemporary records. But he shredded the Constitution in persuit of political ideology. His ends were Noble, but his means were UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The judiciary was already far down this path with "Marbury vs Madison" the first Unconstitutional Power Grab with unchecked authority.
We must restore CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT with it's CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. Workarounds for political gain, even our own, cannot be tolerated any longer.
Yep Lincoln shut down papers, arrested journalists, bribed congressmen with jobs for their kids, and started a war. All because a good part of population felt like they were facing a tyrannical government.
What was Lincoln's response? Basically, "Oh, I'll show you Southern hillbillies what a tyrannical government looks like bitches!"
Not to mention that his highest priority which was to preserve the Union has no Constitutional Basis and silence on such questions is reserved to the states or to the People by the Tenth Amendment.
It actually violates the Spirit of the Declaration of Independence which requires the consent of the governed in order to be legitimate.
If it wasn't about slavery....
“If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves,” he wrote, “I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.”
Abraham Lincoln
In reality, he could not save the Union except by WAR and ignoring the Constitution. And he did it.
100 percent this. The one absolute must be the sanctity of the constitution. Inviolable for any reason.
Please put NFA 1934 and GCA 1968 on the list.