Yes, another commentary on the New Mexico crisis.
The Western Journal reported and in part and commented: ” When pressed on why the civil order was required, instead of something like, say, better law enforcement, Grisham stressed all of the “value” that this order would give her (yes, her.) “The value of the order is that it gives me three things,” Grisham said. (And yes, she really did say “gives me.” A Freudian slip, perhaps?) After rattling off a word salad that would make Vice President Kamala Harris blush, Grisham made her most curious point of all: That the Constitution is, somehow, not absolute. “If there’s an emergency — and I’ve declared an emergency for a temporary amount of time — I can invoke additional powers,” Grisham said, in her best attempt at a comic book supervillain monologue. “No constitutional right, in my view, including my oath, is intended to be absolute.” Well, then. Look, a deep disdain for the U.S. Constitution is hardly a unique feature of deep-blue Democrats. So maybe all of her aforementioned yammering is what you’d expect from “leaders” of her ilk. But this writer would be remiss not to bring up one last genuinely scary comment this woman made. A reporter at the news conference told the governor, “If someone’s got a concealed permit, in Albuquerque, walking on a public street in, they’re not going to get arrested.” She responded, without a hint of irony: “I can make the point that they maybe they should be [arrested.]” Yes, this is a United States governor openly calling for the hypothetical arrest of a law-abiding citizen, literally walking on the street. That is utter insanity and pure evil … which is a fitting tagline for the modern Democratic Party and everything that it represents.
David Correa’s WaronGuns.com had this headline: Naked, undisguised tyranny,” and wrote in part: “They don’t even try to hide their appetites for our freedom anymore. Any LEO who enforces this will have chosen his side.” His comments were prophetic: even the new Chief of the Albuquerque Police Department gang claims that it will be Feds enforcing Luhan Grisham’s decree, not the thugs that infest APD. The County Sheriff also – within hours – stated that he and his people will support the Constitution.
Which brings us to the question: just what does a “State of Emergency” allow a bureaucrat, an elected official, even a legislative body to do? In a free nation, as supposedly all Fifty States are, is a state of emergency justification or authorization for suspending (temporarily or not) ANY God-given right? Especially one specifically spelled out by the Federal and State constitutions? (Whether or not it is obvious that the denial of rights will have any effect at all on the problems the state of emergency is supposedly addressing?)
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The Price of Liberty 
Libertarian party files for guardianship over Uncle Joe
A TPOL reader/correspondent called us early this morning about this. Thanks, Steve!
According to that sterling source of news, “Newsweek” the National Libertarian Party “has filed for conservatorships for President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, referring to them as ‘geriatric elites’ mentally unfit to properly serve the American populace.”
These men need our help and sympathy.
Frankly, we think that it should include a discussion of how their families and staffers are “abusing an elder” and the conservatorship is critical for both Uncle Joe and dear Cousin Mitch to live well. After all the District of Columbia Attorney General is very hot about protecting elders. It is literally and figuratively a crime in the District.
Second, we think that similar lawsuits should be filed to help several other politicians in DC: for example, Nancy Pelosi and Diane Feinstein. We need to stop encouraging and facilitating their abuse by family, political “friends,” and fed-gov staffers.
Encourage this situation to also be addressed in your State and local government.
Note: We realize that the chances of a DC court actually granting this petition are zero and less than zero. But it points out some serious concerns and offers some help over waiting for one or more of these people to have a major, public breakdown with the power they have. And it points out, indirectly, how we Americans have surrendered our destinies and future to men and women who cannot be trusted with the power that they have. Or even a fraction of it.