Defending government property at the expense of liberty
As I read of the use of Federal officers sent to Portland against the wishes of the Governor of Oregon and the Mayor of Portland for the purpose of “protecting federal property,” I thought of these words from the Declaration of Independence enumerating one of the reasons for rejecting the rule of the British King;
“He [King George III] has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures....
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