![]() ![]() Some people seem to think that the Supreme Court has banned abortions. Worse yet, you can forfeit the freedom of generations not yet born. If you can't be bothered to vote against storm-trooper tactics - regardless of who engages in them, or over what issue - then you can forfeit your freedom. ![]() Threats and violence were the way the Nazis came to power in Germany. There is also not much point in expecting to have freedom. If threats of violence against judges - and publishing where a judge's children go to school - is the way to settle issues, then there is not much point in having elections or laws. It doesn't matter whether you agree with the law or agree with the mob on some particular issue. You either believe in laws or you believe in mob rule. But there was once a time when anyone who shouted threats to a Supreme Court Justice would see the end of his own political career, and could not show his face in decent society again. “There have always been irresponsible demagogues. The big issue is whether this nation has degenerated to a point of no return - a point where we risk destroying ourselves, before our enemies can destroy us.” But the issues this year are not about Democrats and Republicans. ![]()
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