The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - DUI checkpoints: another example of how they can be abused

sigcurious · July 7, 2013, 02:05 PM

kxkid, your reasoning is at best circular, what you're saying is "its a lawful order because its a lawful order." At worst, it's a case of "because I said so." Just because you told someone to do something, doesn't make it lawful. If you are in a position of authority as your posting would imply, you should be able to cite law(statute or case) that gives you that specific authority. More importantly, if you're not LE in TN, you should consider what might be a lawful order where you are, might not be there.

July 7, 2013, 02:05 PM	#41
sigcurious Senior Member Join Date: May 25, 2011 Posts: 1,755	kxkid, your reasoning is at best circular, what you're saying is "its a lawful order because its a lawful order." At worst, it's a case of "because I said so." Just because you told someone to do something, doesn't make it lawful. If you are in a position of authority as your posting would imply, you should be able to cite law(statute or case) that gives you that specific authority. More importantly, if you're not LE in TN, you should consider what might be a lawful order where you are, might not be there.