Mario Layola Has Made His Argument; Now Let Him Defend It

In light of Mario Loyola‘s quite remarkable claim that were the federal government were to pass a law requiring militias to disband instead of resisting a foreign occupation the people would obey, because “[n]othing trumps obedience for the rule of law in this country, not even religion,” I propose an L, G & M pop quiz. Which of the following incidents in American history best represents the rule of law trumping all other values in times of war or major social crisis?

A. Abraham Lincoln ignoring Ex Parte Merryman.
B. Andrew Jackson ignoring Worcester v. Georgia.
C. The rise of Klan violence, with the tacit (and often not-so-tacit) assent of state governments, to nullify the 15th Amendment’s enfranchisement of blacks after Reconstruction.
D. The nonviolent resistance to segregationist laws used the civil rights movement.
E. The violent resistance in the South attempting to nullify the desegregation of schools order in Brown v. Board.
F. President Bush asserting the ability to violate the FISA statute.

Seriously, where the hell does NRO find these people, a morgue?