...Sedition, rebellion, and uprisings: historically, the most volatile threats to establishment. Because a nation's Achilles’ heel lies within itself rather than in the hands of its adversaries, our founding fathers emphasized the significance of a consolidation of power between a government and its people. In order to accomplish this mission, America's forebear's assembled the constitution along with the Bill of Rights in order to not only protect the masses from despotism, but also to protect the government from insurrection. And yet, what becomes of a nation in the event that its leaders threaten the common good and safety of its people and fail to uphold certain inalienable rights? While American citizens rely on nothing more than principles established by a two-century-old document for protection, their governing body can employ brute force as its personal insurance at will. Faced with ultimatums that pit civic duty against political dissent, courageous figures throughout our nation's history have elected to speak...
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