re: #66 Gus

Here’s there stated purpose. Looks weird.

The purpose of the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation, as stated in its governing documents, is to encourage the study, teaching and research into the science and art of self-government, to the end that the American People may understand the fundamental principles of democracy and be guided thereby in shaping governmental policies.

That bit reads to me like it gives license to some of the document Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD put up in #54.

They say lynching is an American institution. Well, it is to a degree. Except in a narrow strip of country along the eastern seaboard, the pioneer preceeded organized government and homemade law preceeded organized law all the way to the Pacific coast. In the western part of my State it was the rugged pioneer who could ride as hard and shoot as straight as the bad man could, who drove the desperado beyond the Rio Grande and established respect for the law of the people and made life safe in that country.

It is as if they are saying good old frontier law is at the heart of today’s laws and we may need to study those old ways because we are going to maybe need them when we decide this government no longer works. Take the law into your own hands as it were.