Have Republican Candidates Huckabee and Cruz Just Committed Treason in the Kim Davis Case?

[riverbendviewgal]

I just read an interesting blog by an American. He is very progressive and points out a lot of facts..
I wonder what you on DU think?

http://nomadicpolitics.blogspot.ca/2015/09/have-republican-candidates-huckabee-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+NomadicPolitics+(Nomadic+Politics)

Statements made by two Republican candidates regarding the Kim Davis case may have crossed a line by encouraging rebellion against the authority of the Supreme Court. And it's called treason.
The Outrageous Lie of Judicial Tyranny
"Judicial tyranny" was a phrase that Huckabee and Cruz both used. It has a ring to it especially people who are tired of obeying laws they don't like. But, where is the tyranny they speak of?

As a public official, Ms. Davis swore (presumably on a Bible to God) to uphold the law. At that time it was a voluntary act and she didn't ask for an exemptions based on her privately held beliefs.
Now because of her intolerance to same-sex marriage, she has chosen to violate that oath. Furthermore, being unwilling to either step down from her position or to follow the law of the land, she was held in contempt of court. So,the lawlessness Cruz talks about belongs only to Ms. Davis.

The tyrants Cruz refers to are actually the Supreme Court judges. As the Washington Post notes in an op-ed piece:

[randys1]

1. When righty does it, it is patriotic and something to discuss. If a liberal did it, they would

persecute and prosecute and destroy and so on.


We have a severely broken system.

[onenote]

2. For the millionth time, please read the Constitution before claiming someone has committed treason

No, they haven't committed treason. Not even a little.

[leftofcool]

3. Uh, no.

[jberryhill]

4. No

That's absurd.

[yellowcanine]

5. Encouraging rebellion against the authority of the Supreme Court is not treason.

Actually trying to remove Supreme Court Justices by force would be but that is another matter.

[Spider Jerusalem]

6. "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, and in adhering..

to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort." That's it. Nothing else qualifies as treason.