Is it treason to violate the Constitution?

Treason is a unique offense in our constitutional order—the only crime expressly defined by the Constitution, and applying only to Americans who have betrayed the allegiance they are presumed to owe the United States.

Why do we have police?

Police typically are responsible for maintaining public order and safety, enforcing the law, and preventing, detecting, and investigating criminal activities. These functions are known as policing. Police are often also entrusted with various licensing and regulatory activities.

How can we avoid taking the law into our own hands?

But to take it as a lesson that there are forces out there with more authority than the individual. So by always watching your own actions, abiding by good conduct you’ll never have to take the law into your own hands, and won’t become judged for it.

How are laws enforced in the US?

We have a system of laws that are enforced by courts who are specifically trained (as lawyers) and appointed or elected to Pass Judgement by applying the laws. Presumably, judges are better qualified than ordinary citizens to enforce laws. Notwithstanding there are times that you can take the law in your own hands.

What are the effects of law in the hands of individuals?

Law in the hands of individuals leads to injustice, murders, lynching, social destruction, and an effective end to law as a source of order. Please read the history of social events in the 19th and 20th centuries in the US and Europe and see what became of society when adherence to laws was an individual undertaking.

What would happen if no one made a law that was unfavorable?

Instead of “giving up” a policy you no longer want or can no lon(Continue reading) Chaotic, leading to violence, since no one would make a law that was unfavorable to them. A Supreme Court Justice once wrote that the life of the law was experience, not logic.