http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2012/08/in-pursuance-thereof-2/ The Tenther Grapevine Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:42:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2012/08/in-pursuance-thereof-2/#comment-16390 DarylLloydDavis Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:03:25 +0000 http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/?p=13021#comment-16390 A different scenario: If an Islamic terrorist were arrested in RI–one whose plans were to explode a dirty bomb in a state yet to be determined–and Gov. Chafee, who objects to the term “terrorist,” moved to deny the federal government the authority to prosecute him on federal terrorism charges, would not the American people, as a whole party, deserve standing in this case?
 
The preservation of public safety is the overriding justification for any government. If this murderer somehow were to be confined to RI, whether convicted or not, for the rest of his life, the federal government would have little compelling justification for concerning itself with his prosecution.
 
But if, for example, the criminal law in RI were especially lax, so that the murderer, or the terrorist, would likely be released into the “national community”, then the federal government would have an obligation to provide for the protection of the greater number of its citizenry.
 
 
 
 
 

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