tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5591020022007065141..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Cross that bridge when we come to itRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-27736573616659892062017-12-12T16:31:49.622-05:002017-12-12T16:31:49.622-05:00One could just as easily switch it around: What if...One could just as easily switch it around: What if a federal court hands down an "interpretation" that allows or even requires confiscating all guns and rounding up the Christians? In that case the only hope for freedom is that lower-level officials will defy those higher-level orders, right?<br /><br />There is no reason to slide the slippery slope in such a direction that independent interpretation and application of Constitutional law on the part of lower level officials is assumed to be bad for goodness and freedom while lawlessness and crazy interpretation at higher-court levels is assumed to be good for stability and freedom. The abuse of power can and does happen at every level. If a higher court ruled that a manifestly good and innocent person must be handed over for execution would it be *better* if the lower officials and everybody in the chain of command robotically obeyed? Why can't we bring up *that* nightmare scenario rather than assuming that the abuses are going to occur where lower-level officials defy higher-level rulings?Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.com