Virginia declares emergency Militias threaten to seize Gov.

[San Lumen]

Maybe because they aren’t declaring themselves above the law?

Except they are, by saying they are refusing to enforce a law they're saying they are going to ignore a law.

Just like several officers in New York have.

And you know why they are allowed to declare themselves above the law?

Because the government itself doesn't really care about enforcing the law either.

They aren't going to go into a small town and arrest and remove everyone for not bowing to their will because the political blowback will be far greater than whatever gain they would have.

Because for the most part them not following a pointless political law hurts no one, all it does it hurts the egos of the people in the Capitol. As long as they aren't actively doing something oppressive, they aren't going to remove a local government. Unless the local government does something really immoral or illegal that shows up on the news, for the most part state governments know better than to try and micromanage every single county and city in the state.

No one is above the law

[Telconi]

Pot meet kettle

I’d be a better then half the people here

NSG isn't a roleplaying forum.

[Thermodolia]

Except they are, by saying they are refusing to enforce a law they're saying they are going to ignore a law.

Just like several officers in New York have.

And you know why they are allowed to declare themselves above the law?

Because the government itself doesn't really care about enforcing the law either.

They aren't going to go into a small town and arrest and remove everyone for not bowing to their will because the political blowback will be far greater than whatever gain they would have.

Because for the most part them not following a pointless political law hurts no one, all it does it hurts the egos of the people in the Capitol. As long as they aren't actively doing something oppressive, they aren't going to remove a local government. Unless the local government does something really immoral or illegal that shows up on the news, for the most part state governments know better than to try and micromanage every single county and city in the state.

No one is above the law

Effectively they are. The sheriffs and mayors who refuse to enforce federal laws regarding illegal immigration and weed, and state laws regarding guns are effectively above the law because nobody is enforcing it. Either they are above the law or the law doesn’t actually matter

[The Lone Alliance]

No one is above the law

A law is only as powerful as the one enforcing it.

And if a law is not being enforced then yes, you are above that law.

There are a lot of 'stupid laws' still on the books all over the country that people don't enforce because they are stupid and obsolete...

And if the "Majority" of the law enforcement of an area refuses to do something about the law.... not much you can do.

Maybe you should move one of those counties of those 2nd Amendment havens and run for office.. if you want to change it that badly.

[San Lumen]

No one is above the law

Effectively they are. The sheriffs and mayors who refuse to enforce federal laws regarding illegal immigration and weed, and state laws regarding guns are effectively above the law because nobody is enforcing it. Either they are above the law or the law doesn’t actually matter

Well it should be

[Telconi]

Effectively they are. The sheriffs and mayors who refuse to enforce federal laws regarding illegal immigration and weed, and state laws regarding guns are effectively above the law because nobody is enforcing it. Either they are above the law or the law doesn’t actually matter

Well it should be

Why do you hate immigrants so much?

[The Two Jerseys]

No one is above the law

A law is only as powerful as the one enforcing it.

And if a law is not being enforced then yes, you are above that law.

There are a lot of 'stupid laws' still on the books all over the country that people don't enforce because they are stupid and obsolete...

Also, not enforcing the law doesn't make one above the law. Deliberately violating that law and using your position to get away with it makes one above the law.

[The Two Jerseys]

Well it should be

Why do you hate immigrants so much?

I'm still waiting to hear if John Brown is good guy or bad guy...

[Thermodolia]

Effectively they are. The sheriffs and mayors who refuse to enforce federal laws regarding illegal immigration and weed, and state laws regarding guns are effectively above the law because nobody is enforcing it. Either they are above the law or the law doesn’t actually matter

Well it should be

So you agree that cities that are against the federal illegal immigration raids should be stopped? That the mayors of said cities should be arrested? So you agree that the states that legalized weed should be stopped? That the governors of said states be arrested? So you agree that the cities that are against gun control should be stopped? That the mayors of said cities should be arrested? So you agree that the cities that are against anti-abortion laws should be stopped? That the mayors of said cities should be arrested?

[Thermodolia]

Why do you hate immigrants so much?

I'm still waiting to hear if John Brown is good guy or bad guy...

>Hates immigrants
>loves gun control
>hates weed
>hates workers
>loves Reagan
>won’t say that John Brown is a good guy

Are we sure Lumen is a liberal?

[Diopolis]

I'm still waiting to hear if John Brown is good guy or bad guy...

>Hates immigrants
>loves gun control
>hates weed
>hates workers
>loves Reagan
>won’t say that John Brown is a good guy

Are we sure Lumen is a liberal?

tbh, sounds like a pretty typical establishment democrat, except anti-immigration.

[San Lumen]

I'm still waiting to hear if John Brown is good guy or bad guy...

>Hates immigrants
>loves gun control
>hates weed
>hates workers
>loves Reagan
>won’t say that John Brown is a good guy

Are we sure Lumen is a liberal?

I don’t hate immigrants. I merely saying laws ought to be enforced. I don’t see anything wrong with sanctuary cities

[Telconi]

>Hates immigrants
>loves gun control
>hates weed
>hates workers
>loves Reagan
>won’t say that John Brown is a good guy

Are we sure Lumen is a liberal?

I don’t hate immigrants. I merely saying laws ought to be enforced. I don’t see anything wrong with sanctuary cities

>I merely saying laws ought to be enforced.
>I don’t see anything wrong with sanctuary cities

Pick one...

[Diopolis]

>Hates immigrants
>loves gun control
>hates weed
>hates workers
>loves Reagan
>won’t say that John Brown is a good guy

Are we sure Lumen is a liberal?

I don’t hate immigrants. I merely saying laws ought to be enforced. I don’t see anything wrong with sanctuary cities

What's the difference between sanctuary cities and second amendment sanctuaries?

[The Two Jerseys]

I don’t hate immigrants. I merely saying laws ought to be enforced. I don’t see anything wrong with sanctuary cities

What's the difference between sanctuary cities and second amendment sanctuaries?

Ooh, ooh, I know: "They're not the same thing".

[Paddy O Fernature]

I don’t hate immigrants. I merely saying laws ought to be enforced. I don’t see anything wrong with sanctuary cities

What's the difference between sanctuary cities and second amendment sanctuaries?

San likes one and the other makes him weak in the knees.

[Diopolis]

What's the difference between sanctuary cities and second amendment sanctuaries?

Ooh, ooh, I know: "They're not the same thing".

I was hoping for something that doesn't indicate he read my post. Like, "The law ought to be enforced. It's the will of the people." Or his old fallback of rambling inaccurately about my opinions on suffrage.

[Grinning Dragon]

>Hates immigrants
>loves gun control
>hates weed
>hates workers
>loves Reagan
>won’t say that John Brown is a good guy

Are we sure Lumen is a liberal?

I don’t hate immigrants. I merely saying laws ought to be enforced. I don’t see anything wrong with sanctuary cities

Well then, since the 2nd Amendment is the highest law of the land in regards to arms and supersedes state and local laws , mayors/sheriffs/local law enforcement are enforcing the law.

[Cisairse]

I don’t hate immigrants. I merely saying laws ought to be enforced. I don’t see anything wrong with sanctuary cities

Well then, since the 2nd Amendment is the highest law of the land in regards to arms and supersedes state and local laws , mayors/sheriffs/local law enforcement are enforcing the law.

Mayors, sheriffs, and local law enforcement do not have the legal authority to interpret the laws.

[Telconi]

Well then, since the 2nd Amendment is the highest law of the land in regards to arms and supersedes state and local laws , mayors/sheriffs/local law enforcement are enforcing the law.

Mayors, sheriffs, and local law enforcement do not have the legal authority to interpret the laws.

Functionally they do. They have the authority to determine how enforcement is carried out, and "never" falls within that determination.

[The Two Jerseys]

Mayors, sheriffs, and local law enforcement do not have the legal authority to interpret the laws.

Functionally they do. They have the authority to determine how enforcement is carried out, and "never" falls within that determination.

Remember when Obama ordered the feds to not enforce immigration laws, and the Democrats shrugged their shoulders and said "Oh well, he's the boss, gotta do what he says!"?

[Telconi]

Functionally they do. They have the authority to determine how enforcement is carried out, and "never" falls within that determination.

Remember when Obama ordered the feds to not enforce immigration laws, and the Democrats shrugged their shoulders and said "Oh well, he's the boss, gotta do what he says!"?

B-But Presidents don't have the l-legal authority t-to interpret laws!!!

[Thermodolia]

>Hates immigrants
>loves gun control
>hates weed
>hates workers
>loves Reagan
>won’t say that John Brown is a good guy

Are we sure Lumen is a liberal?

I don’t hate immigrants. I merely saying laws ought to be enforced. I don’t see anything wrong with sanctuary cities

If you want laws to be enforced then you should be against sanctuary cities because they are not enforcing the law

[Cisairse]

Remember when Obama ordered the feds to not enforce immigration laws, and the Democrats shrugged their shoulders and said "Oh well, he's the boss, gotta do what he says!"?

B-But Presidents don't have the l-legal authority t-to interpret laws!!!

They do not.

[Paddy O Fernature]

Remember when Obama ordered the feds to not enforce immigration laws, and the Democrats shrugged their shoulders and said "Oh well, he's the boss, gotta do what he says!"?

B-But Presidents don't have the l-legal authority t-to interpret laws!!!

Clearly, the president should just start a coup already.

*Nod nod*