In any "ordinary" case, you'd be right and have my full agreement. This is an extraordinary situation and "the Earth had to be moved", so to say, to save this innocent woman.
There are times when principles that apply every day must be set aside for higher principles.
As defined by whom? What limits apply - any at all? According to Big Government boosters blowing their horns today, Congress and the President may do anything they please, if they like the result of course.
And Castro is President for Life. So is Kim Jong Il. You're advocating something similar for us?