I found the AG candidates remarks the most compelling part of the essay - especially given that the people at the meeting (including a newspaper editor) expected him to qualify his remark or retract what he had just said.
Also, I think this example addresses the thrust of the article - this isn't about the public not liking particular laws and engaging in civil disobedience (like bikers riding w/out helments in defiance of the law). The article points to a failure in our system of government and the decay of checks and balances between branches of government. The checks and balances envisioned by the founders of our republic and institutionalized in the Constitution have been replaced by a corrupting cooperation between branches and levels of government whereby bureaucratic hacks and self-serving politicians devote their efforts solely toward forging their place in the power structure of our society.