POLITICALLY SHORT
The Perversion of the Law
by Nick Short
June 5, 2016

The law in America no longer confines itself to its proper functions as it has become the chief weapon of injustice acting in direct opposition to its own purpose. As the French classical economist Frederic Bastiat noted in his famous essay The Law, “It has been used to destroy its own objective. It has been applied to annihilating the justice that it was supposed to maintain; to limiting and destroying rights which its real purpose was to respect.” Bastiat continues, “The law has placed the collective force at the disposal of the unscrupulous who wish, without risk, to exploit the person, liberty, and property of others…” Take for example the entire concept of “sanctuary cities” existing in over 300 cities, counties, and States throughout the country in which illegal aliens are protected from deportation as these jurisdictions have completely perverted the law in order to protect criminals who are here illegally. READ MORE