Countering Arguments by Militant Right-Wing Constitutionalists

Mark DeForrest, Central Washington University

ABSTRACT
The paper deals with countering the legal arguments made by militant right-wing constitutionalists, so-called patriots, and militia members. My research dealt with identifying the arguments raised by such individuals and the connection between those militant positions and racism, anti-Semitism, and mysogeny. I then researched the historical and institutional background of the established legal principles involved in the arguments and demonstrated that the militant positions on each issue were invalid. Instead of being legitimate legal arguments or theories, the arguments of the militant far-right simply turned out to be window dressing for hate ideology.

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