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Claire Wolfe said: "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards. On the road to tyranny, we've gone so far that polite political action is about as useless as a miniskirt in a convent. But most people are still standing around numb and confused, knowing something's wrong with the country, but hoping it isn't quite as bad as they're beginning to suspect it is."

Claire is wrong. Revolutionaries never make good leaders. Sad but true. Our system works because we can change the laws. We don't have "law of elites", we have the rule of law. Which means we make the laws, we can unmake the laws.

Florida has a law that forbids taking someone's home under these circumstances. Other states can change their laws. And it they can't, it means more people believe it's OK for the state to steal someone's home, than people who think it's wrong. And that's OK. It's how our system works. Only thugs take their ball home if they don't get their way. Let's play fair. Change the law in every state, work for conservative judges, and be gracious when we lose. ( But, we're not going to lose this one... )

"Other states can change their laws. And it they can't, it means more people believe it's OK for the state to steal someone's home, than people who think it's wrong. And that's OK. It's how our system works."

No, it is not how our system works. We have a republic, not a majority-rules democracy, and the U.S. Constitution is the rule of law, not what 9 black-robed elitists say it is.

I believe in the Constitution. I take our rights very seriously. I couldn't care less whether "...more people believe it's OK for the state to steal someone's home, than people who think it's wrong." Completely irrelevant.

Claire Wolfe is absolutely correct.

Key word would be HAD rule of Law. What we have now is a rule of lawmakers. Entirely different thing. The first is limited while this second permutation we are seeing appears unlimited.

And completely ignores any attempt to change it despite your assertion.