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Kings, courts and constitutions

Paul Broun’s plan for Flag Day: drive to South Carolina, buy out a fireworks store and shoot his arsenal straight at SCOTUS.

“One of the major reasons that the colonies grew so tired of the King of England was they realized that their rights were not being respected and the king could do anything he pleased,” Broun wrote Monday in his weekly legislative update.

“Part of the genius of the Constitution is that the government can only be changed by the people, not a despotic ruler,” he said.

“Any individual that uses his or her power to subvert the original intent of the Constitution or its amendments in any way betrays the amendment process, betrays the American people, and becomes tyrannical.

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