<<The RULE of Law does not require a scouring of every little regulation to justify a witch-hunt regardless of circumstance.>>
It's funny how flexible the rule of law becomes when we're talking about legislating the Bible instead of impeaching a Democrat.
Here's a little something from Henry Hyde's speech in support of impeachment where he quotes Abraham Lincoln on the rule of law.
In 1838, Abraham Lincoln celebrated the rule of law before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, and linked it to the perpetuation of American liberties and American political institutions. Listen to Lincoln, from 1838: "Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the revolution never to violate in the least particular the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of '76 did to support the Declaration of Independence, so the support of the Constitution and laws, let every American pledge his life, his property and his sacred honor. Let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father and to tear the character of his own and his children's liberty.
Having laws on the books which are not meant to be enforced (but can be none the less) is antithetical to liberty. Lincoln knew this, the Republican managers in the house pretended to know this, though i'm sure they've all changed their tunes by now.
Steve |
