Upholding the Law….When It Suits You

6/6/19
Upholding the Law…When it Suits You

The clarion call from the Democrats these days regarding impeachment is how it is incumbent upon them to “uphold the law”. They are devoted to the Constitution and they feel compelled to fulfill the promises it contains by holding this President accountable for his (unspecified) “high crimes and misdemeanors”. Of course, this effort fits their narrative and the “laws” they find useful ….today! Once again, with no anchoring philosophy other than maintaining power over the people, they pick and choose those “laws” they “enforce”.

A simple look at the current malaise of our immigration situation should give pause to even the most strident Trump haters on how Democrats act. In Democrat lead states and cities, Federal and state laws are being ignored through sanctuary city and state designations, and state laws that forbid local law enforcement from following Federal laws. Those laws don’t fit their plans (and likely those of the hate Trump crowd too) so those are ok to flout. Another simple example would be what if it was decided to ignore all gun laws? Not so fast you say.

It’s easy to be enamored with the Democrat effort to impeach if you are so filled with hate as many are. If the rationale for impeachment is to “uphold the law”, and stand by the Constitution, where is the consistency? The true evil of this selective enforcement is how it can be turned to fit any situation. Our ability to react is limited to the ballot box. We count on our elected officials to stand by the laws they enacted. When they don’t, are we to then step in and enforce them ourselves?

The political pendulum swings in our country still and it can come back to hit you. Order is maintained by the written codes we live by. The “beacon of light on the hill” is dimmed when we do not uphold ALL the laws on which this great country has prospered.