It is something any conservative should remember about crisis situations. The ultimate goal is the preservation of the peoples' liberties and of the Union.
By running roughshod over both? I tell you, that Lincoln! With all those arrests, political persecutions, harassment of judges, deportation of opposition congressmen, shutting down newspapers, rigging of elections, overthrow of state governments, and imposition of massive tax hikes he must've been quite the libertarian! /sarcasm
[cr quoting Farber] and partly because the rule of law in not an inflexible concept.[Gianni] Is this the sort of thing that California Conservatives buy into?
[cr] It is something any conservative should remember about crisis situations. The ultimate goal is the preservation of the peoples' liberties and of the Union.
The rule of law is flexible.
Every conservative should consider the rule of law flexible in crisis situations.
The ultimate goal is preservation of the Union.
A union where the rule of law takes a backseat.