Motus Mentis

The big news today is the vindication of General Flynn, but there was another heartening local item as well: a federal judge has blocked Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker’s executive order keeping gun shops closed.

Today, U.S. Judge Douglas P. Woodlock issued a preliminary injunction to prevent Massachusetts from enforcing the unlawful order. “We don’t surrender our constitutional rights. These plaintiffs have constitutional rights that deserve respect and vindication, and it becomes necessary for a court to do that rather than the executive when the executive declines,” said Judge Woodlock.

Judge Woodlock’s remark that “We don’t surrender our constitutional rights” may be a bit of an exaggeration — lately, it seems, we gladly surrender them at the first whiff of fear, so far have we fallen — but it’s nice to see a little vestigial backbone.