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Photo Credit: SultanKnish.Blogspot.com   Civil disobedience is
the act of breaking the law and defying the authorities to do
anything about it. So is tyranny. The difference between the two
lies in which side of the power equation the breaker is on. When
the law is broken, two things happen. Either the law is upheld
or the authorities back away from a confrontation and find some
way to save face.  The ObamaCare process involved breaking a
long list of rules and laws and then defying the ragged remnants
of the system to do anything about it. At every turn the United
States was unable to stop a rogue chief executive and his ruling
party from trampling the law. When the case finally reached the
Supreme Court, the leading judicial body in the land sidestepped
a confrontation by redefining what the action was, rather than
rule on the law. It was a classic case of the authorities saving
face.  Civ