PrintAugust 10, 2010
Washington, Arizonans, and the Primal Right to Self-Defense
Based on the people's primal right to self-defense, the Obama administration's lawsuit against Arizona is a declaration of moral abandonment. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton's ruling that stays portions of the Arizona illegals law abets the administration's moral abandonment -- and, not incidentally, stands good law on its head. The Obama administration asserts the de jure paramountcy of the national government in the enforcement of immigration laws and border defense, yet de facto, the national government has been wholly inadequate in executing the aforementioned duties. Its inadequacy flows chiefly from political sources rather than reasons of resource or competence. The national government stands accused of a failure of will. Thereby, the Obama administration and the national government are defaulting in a basic duty to the people: to attend to their defense. The obscenity of the Obama administration's lawsuit against Arizona is that, in...(Read Full Article)
