SWGA Politics

State Senator John Wiles called me back yesterday, and we were able to speak for a few minutes about the controversy that erupted this week during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on SB 292. I’ve said about all I can on that particular topic without risking misquoting someone, so I’m not going to be discussing the events of that day here. Senator Wiles offered to write something up about his thoughts on those events, and I offered to publish anything he writes via the Publius account, so we’ll see if that actually happens.

But during the conversation, Senator Wiles stated that he is one of the most ardent defenders of both the US and GA Constitutions. He said that he considers the oath he takes to defend both Constitutions every two years to be absolutely sacred, and that he does all he can to defend them both.

We got to talking about things along these lines, and he brought up a really interesting point for me to ponder, which y’all get to read about now:

Who else can defend us against the government but lawyers?
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