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RE: FREE Ross Ulbricht, NOW! ~ #novictimnocrime

in #freeross3 years ago

There are no boundaries to the long arm of the law. A victimless crime that garnished a sentence that surely doesn't, fit the crime.
What ever happened to the** Eighth Amendment.**

The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution states: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” This amendment prohibits the federal government from imposing unduly harsh penalties on criminal defendants,

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Yeah, but when have they ever played by the rules?

“But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.”
― Lysander Spooner, No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority

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“If any man's money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for with his money the government can, and will, hire soldiers to stand over him, compel him to submit to its arbitrary will, and kill him if he resists.”
― Lysander Spooner

There's a good reason we named our last son Spooner.

It's all illegitimate.