Could someone provide one?
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First let me begin by saying I personally believe that illegal immigration is a big issue and we need to strive to reduce those numbers to the lowest possible numbers. In other words I think the illegals should be deported.
Now as to the justification. We must begin with this truth. An elected representative is honor bound to represent the people who are covered by the office. In other words if your constituents are opposed to abortion you should be as well.
The people in those cities believe that it is wrong to deport someone. They may have many reasons and I personally may disagree but the reality is that the elected officials should represent the views of the majority as much as possible.
If you are concerned with the moral aspect then that is also easy. St. Augustine taught that an unjust law is no law at all. That means an immoral law should be refused.
So that is the foundation of the mentality of disobedience of a Federal Law. You may disagree with that, but remember the cops who spoke up and said that they would not participate in confiscating weapons. The Right cheered them. There was no argument from the right about how they had to enforce the law.
Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Laws on Gun Control
250 Police Officers Refuse To Enforce Gun Laws in Connecticut - Truth And Action
So how hypocritical are you on the far right?
Obviously you don't know my politics, but feel free to jump to conclusions.
If we don't like a law, we go through the proper channels to change the law, the ballot box. And if we can't get it done that way, we lose. To ignore the law, especially as municipality or a state, begins the breakdown of law in general.
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Daniel and his friends were thrown into the fire pit, and the Lions Den because they broke man's law. They were protected by God because they kept faith with a higher law.
Rosa Parks disobeyed mans law, but is seen as a heroine because she kept faith with a higher law, one written in the Declaration of Independance, that all men were created equal.
History is repeat with heroes who disobeyed and flaunted mans law because it was immoral, unethical, or a violation of a higher law, or principle. When a law is wrong, it must be resisted. That is the genesis of the classic quote. All that is needed for evil to win is good men to do nothing. Good men do not obey an immoral, or unjust law. Good men resist.
Going to the ballot box is a good answer, but it is only part of the answer. Because even if you lose at the ballot box, the law remains unjust or immoral.
Gandhi is known the world over because he resisted an immoral practice. He did not obey the law blindly and say that was enough. He flaunted the law, and who is lionized by History? Not the British who tried to make him get back in line and obey.
Standing up for what you believe is right is the moral duty of every citizen. The entire purpose behind a Jury Trial was to insure that the law was applied justly. Not only did the defendant commit the action he or she is accused of, but is the law just, or justly applied? The Jury can find that the law is unjust, or unjustly applied, and find the defendant not guilty based upon that. Unjust laws must be resisted.
Nelson Mandella was in prison for decades because he would not obey an unjust and immoral law. Nelson Mandella is a hero in history because he did not obey the law as you say must happen.
There are heroes in history who fought to enforce the law. Elliot Ness is but one example from a long list. But that list of admirable persons in history includes those who refused to obey an unjust or immoral law.
We are a species who is guided by conscience in many cases. We believe that doing the right thing is admirable. Sometimes, doing the right thing is allowed in the law, and sometimes it isn't.
Let's say you see a child in a car at high noon in July. The engine is off, the windows are rolled up, and the child looks listless, perhaps even close to death. You take action, smashing a window and opening the door and remove the child from imminent peril.
You have just committed a number of felonies, and you won't be prosecuted. You broke into a car, and you kidnapped a child. By the letter of the law you claim to have utmost respect for, you have broken the law. But you took that action to save a life. You took that action for a higher purpose than just breaking in and taking the child.
Grand Juries and Juries in court recognize that. They would not charge you, and even if charged, you wouldn't be found guilty. Despite violating the letter of the law, you did the right thing for the right reason.
Obedience of a law, when the law is wrong, is the worst thing you can do. Waiting for a change through political channels means you are doing the evil, a good man doing nothing to stop injustice or immoral abuses.
