Letter: Optional laws?

To the editor:

Aren’t politicians funny? As one group in Topeka seeks to reinforce a federal judge’s ruling against an executive action concerning immigration — an action that the administration was unwilling to take during the six-year party majority in Congress and the president said repeatedly over four years was unlawful — another group in Topeka decries not upholding the executive action and salivates at the possibility of enhancing its political position in coming elections.

Apparently, it’s not the law that counts, but how politicians appear publicly that matters.  Whether it’s enforcement of drug, immigration, privacy or tax laws, politicians only seem to care about how they look.  We should all follow the example of the IRS, the Justice Department, Homeland Security, and the president. If we don’t like a law or it’s inconvenient, we should make our own determination as to whether we will follow it or not. If states and federal agencies can do it, so can we. Let’s not mobilize to change a law, regulation or ordinance; let’s just ignore it.

Follow the example of your elected/appointed leaders. Maybe we should start with snow shoveling and school zone speed limits and move on to driving under the influence, keeping our lawns mowed, and paying our taxes. Who cares about a little chaos?

If you don’t like a law, there are remedies set down in our constitutions. If you don’t wish to use them, enforce and obey the law.