In law there is the concept of adverse
possession, popularly known as
"squatters' rights." A non-owner who succeeds
in occupying a piece of
property or some one else's right for a certain time
without being evicted
enjoys the ownership title conveyed to him. The
reasoning is that by not
defending his rights, the owner showed his
disinterest and in effect gave
his rights away.
Americans have not
defended their rights conveyed by the US Constitution for
the duration of
the terms of three presidents. The Clinton regime was not
held accountable
for its illegal attack on Serbia. The Bush regime was not
held accountable
for its illegal invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. The
Obama regime was not
held accountable for its renewed attack on Afghanistan
and its illegal
attacks on Libya, Pakistan, and Yemen, and by its proxies on
Syria.
We also have other strictly illegal and unconstitutional acts
of government
for which the government has not been held accountable. The
Bush regimes'
acts of torture, indefinite detention, and warrantless spying,
and the Obama
regime's acts of indefinite detention, warrantless spying, and
murder of US
citizens without due process. As the Obama regime lies through
its teeth, we
have no way of knowing whether torture is still
practiced.
If these numerous criminal acts of the US government spread
over the terms
of three presidents pass into history as unchallenged events,
the US
government will have acquired squatters' rights in lawlessness. The
US
Constitution will be, as President George W. Bush is reported to have
declared, "a scrap of paper."
Lawlessness is the hallmark of tyranny
enforced by the police state. In a
police state law is not a protector of
rights but a weapon in the hands of
government. [see Roberts & Stratton,
The Tyranny of Good Intentions] The
accused has no recourse to the
accusation, which does not require evidence
presented to a court. The
accused is guilty by accusation alone and can be
shot in the back of the
head, as under Stalin, or blown up by a drone
missile, as under Obama.
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How America Was Lost
By Paul
Craig Roberts