The point is
the legislature can not give powers to any other branch of government. The separation of powers found in every state and federal constitution does not allow it. Any legislation that sends legislative authority to any other branch of the government has not passed a valid law.
People can only be pushed so far before they push back. The country is getting very close to a dangerous tipping point as shown by what happened in this story. I did not expect to see the people going against the government like this for years to come. This is however exactly the kind of response mentioned in the federalist #28 when the representatives have failed the people.
If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no resource left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government, and which against the usurpations of the national rulers, may be exerted with infinitely better prospect of success than against those of the rulers of an individual state. In a single state, if the persons intrusted with supreme power become usurpers, the different parcels, subdivisions, or districts of which it consists, having no distinct government in each, can take no regular measures for defense. The citizens must rush tumultuously to arms, without concert, without system, without resource; except in their courage and despair. The usurpers, clothed with the forms of legal authority, can too often crush the opposition in embryo. Federalist #28
Throngs of protesters, several of them armed, marched Thursday inside the Michigan Capitol as the House voted to block the state’s coronavirus emergency measures and authorized a lawsuit challenging Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s actions to fight the pandemic. The governor wanted lawmakers...
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Demanding that Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lift the stay-at-home order because of the coronavirus crisis, hundreds of protesters, including those carrying automatic weapons, entered the Capito…
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Making matters murkier, the Republican-led state legislature is preparing to let Michigan’s state of emergency order expire Thursday and set up a legal fight with Whitmer who is claiming she has emergency authority during the pandemic with or without legislative approval.
People were denied the right to protest while the government was acting to remove the rights of the people. This situation is exactly why protests need to be allowed. Once peaceful protests are outlawed protests like this that no one should want are highly likely to take their place. You have people who are broke, hungry, out of toilet paper, and angry. The government is acting to make them hungrier, angrier, and even more financially desperate. The people need a reasonable outlet for that anger. The government by refusing to allow them to protest peacefully only made the situation more volatile.
I seriously doubt this was a previously organized protest. I expect it was an organic protest resulting from several desperate people all reacting the same way at the same time. If those protesters had been shot down by the state the reaction by many others would likely have been large. That first armed protest would likely be nothing in size when compared to the second wave composed of those who were angered about their fellow countrymen being mowed down.
I have no desire to protest mostly because it accomplishes nothing and partly because I am not in the shape to protest. I dislike being in a crowd and have for decades. I am currently avoiding the virus by staying in place. I have never seen a protest make a big difference so why bother? The protests I have observed did nothing but get people together who made no difference or had changes result. I have avoided the virus so far and hope to continue avoiding it by not being part of any large group. I have no plan and my disabilities prevent me from edoing a lot of things. I would have a hard time standing up while holding a sign for 2 hours as required to protest properly. I fear if this lockdown continues for 3 more weeks this situation will turn very ugly. No one wants to see that happen.
After seeing this story I wonder of buying bulletproof vests is in order. Now everyone on both sides is going to be nervous and that can only result in an even more dangerous situation.
This is the kind of situation I was afraid could arise. Depending on what the state does next things could deteriorate quickly. There are more angry rednecks, veterans, and redneck veterans along with people who are becoming more and mroe desperate because of what the state is doing than the states can handle if this situations blows up.
