[jeffersondem]

“What they don't have the right to is to appeal the verdict of the laws of war. Its judgement is final.”

This is rule by majority of bayonets.

What made the American experience exceptional was the founder's belief: That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed . . .”

Of course, this did not survive the disaster at Appomattox.

[GranTorino]

Orders lost and found?
The whiskey rebellion proved who was in charge.