(07-18-2020, 08:15 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(07-18-2020, 07:54 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: If the locals had arrested these rioters then the Feds wouldn't have to step in. At some point the actual people of Portland need to be protected from these leftists, and if the local government won't do it then it's up to the adults.

So you're okay with the federal government taking over local law enforcement and kidnapping people off the streets without a warrant or a charge.  Got it.  

Do you believe in following the Constitution?  Or would you just throw that out?  

The Constitution gives the federal government limited powers.  The 10th Amendment says that all powers not specifically granted to the federal government are reserved to the states.  Nothing in the Constitution gives the federal government law enforcement authority over ordinary crimes.  So the federal government "stepping in," as you put it, is unconstitutional.  Not to mention kidnapping people and holding them without a warrant or a charge, which is also obviously unconstitutional.  

I thought you said you are voting for the Libertarian candidate for President.  This is the opposite of libertarianism.