The history of the last century is strewn with the monuments to the achievements of such will-to-power driven psychopaths: the gulags, the slave labor camps and barracks, the execution pits and the mass graves.
Consider that the perpetrators of such monstrous crimes against humanity and reality itself have not only gone unpunished (in this world, at least), but rather that they have been feted and celebrated.
“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations.”
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago
Governor McCrory is standing up for the rule of law. What other governors are standing with him? What about the leaders of his party - Mr. Ryan, Mr. McConnell? The Bush family? Mr. Romney? Mr. McCain? Mr. Graham? What about Mr. Trump, the presumptive nominee?
The silence is deafening.
The right thing to do is simple, FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THESE DOJ LAWYERS, let them defend their actions in front of a JURY. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES are NOT EXEMPT FROM STATE LAWS regarding Criminal Activity.
Extortion
Elements
A person is guilty if they:
Threaten or communicate a threat to another
With the intent to obtain wrongfully
Anything of value, any acquittance, any advantage, or any immunity
This offense not only applies to the person that makes the threat, but also to any person who may have communicated the threat. A defendant can be guilty of extortion even if they do not obtain any of the things of which they wanted.
Punishment
If a person is guilty of extortion, they are guilty of a Class F felony under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-118.4.
Blackmailing
Blackmail is broken down into two separate offenses, demanding valuables without reasonable cause and accusing of a crime to extort valuables. These offenses each have their own elements and punishments.
Demanding Valuables without Reasonable Cause
Elements
A person is guilty if they:
Knowingly
Send or deliver any letter or writing
Demanding a chattel, money, or valuable security
With menaces and
Without reasonable or probable cause
Punishment
If a person is guilty of demanding valuables without reasonable cause, they are guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-118.
Accusing of a Crime to Extort Valuables
Elements
A person is guilty if they:
Accuse or threaten to accuse another person of a crime punishable by death or imprisonment in the state prison
With intent to extort or gain from the person a chattel, money, or valuable security
Punishment
If a person is guilty of accusing of a crime to extort valuables, they are guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-118.
Political Caeserism is here and here to stay barring an early and successful move by the States to take back powers taken from them or given away by them, an Article 5 Convention as it were.
Any cartoonists or photoshoppers out there who can do a picture of a wolf in sheep’s clothing entering the sheep’s bathroom?
That is what the left’s bathroom policy allows.
“If Presidents can unilaterally redefine words”, without repudiation, a la Clinton, Bush and Obama, then John and Jane Q. Public have the same immunity in translating the existence of that less than 1% of the population, to room temperature.