Joe Higgins – rebel without a cause
If we do not, we commit a crime against the community as it was the representatives of the community, our TDs, who made the laws in the first instance. These laws are recognised as binding by the community. Enforcement of the body of rules is through a controlling authority, the courts.
The judge, in relation to Joe Higgins, used the word “outrageous,” and I would add the word reprehensible. He is now a prison guest of the state rather than a lawmaker for it. He has set aside his duties and obligations as a lawmaker. He is, in effect, a lawbreaker.
