And that is the dividing line between legitimacy and illegitimacy. I have no moral compunction to obey anything which is not based on a natural law foundation, and indeed, a duty to resist it.
The people have always had the right to engage in civil disobedience as long as they are willing to pay the potential price.
Indeed, but I would go farther. They have a right to deliberately break any and every law in contradiction to moral absolutes, and the right to punish authorities who abused their powers. (See John Locke.)
I urge that no one do anything for which they cannot get away, but I urge them to do everything for which they can.
The law no longer has any moral compunction, and we should undermine it at every viable opportunity. If we can't turn this ship, we need to help sink it faster.
We began as a nation from “no taxation without representation!”