Chad Wolf Quotes
The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort. And only in the most urgent and dire of situations.
He had no authority to do this. He just took it upon himself. This was one of the incidents which caused later Congresses to pass very strict laws limiting the authority of all Federal Military and other intelligence and police forces so that they have little or no authority within the United States. President Lincoln did not allow the order to stand, although he repudiated it very delicately and as privately as possible. Many in his own party strongly favored this proclamation as it cracked down on the Southern Rebels and emancipated slaves—both objectives of many Republicans. In addition, Fremont was very popular with the people and had strong political connections. (He would later run for President.) See {635739}.
In the 2004 Iraq war, some accused the United States and Britain of failing to perform this obligation. However, in those instances where they did, others claimed the right of resistance including bombing their own co-religionists and fellow citizens. Likewise, many of the same forces that castigated the allies for not ensuring public order and safety often also castigated Israel for enforcing public order and safety in the West Bank and Gaza.
Defending his administration and the Chicago police against the charge that they used excessive force and caused a police riot during the Democratic National Convention of 1968:
Defending a large expenditure for police protection:
This proclamation was obviously unconstitutional, but at the time no one challenged it in the courts. It is yet another example, where in an emergency, executive officers of government tend to over-reach and expand their power and authority using the necessity of the emergency as the justification. This case was particularly ironic in that the mayor, so concerned with law and order that he would summarily kill people suspected of looting, was indicted and convicted for corruption the following year. His jail time was limited by a successful court appeal, and he then lost as a mayoralty candidate, but did finally get elected to the San Francisco City Council. Of course, had he been shot when first suspected of his crime—as he proscribed for others--he would never have had the opportunity to appeal and be acquitted.
The railroad monopolies had been abusing their workers for years and this strike brought most of the railroads to a standstill. Since the public and much economic activity depended on the railroad, the Railroad managers tried to get the government to use the U. S. Army to break the strike rather than negotiate with the union.
The Empress had earlier decided not to try and suppress the Boxers when they started attacking foreigners--{641838}. But now things had gotten out of hand and many ordinary Chinese people—especially Chinese Christians-- were suffering Boxer abuse. Cixi thought the government had to “ally” with the Boxers in the hope that she could influence directions in the future. This, of course, made her anathema in the West and forever damaged her reputation and legacy in Western history.
Chad Fredrick Wolf (born 1976) is a lobbyist and former American government official who was named the acting United States secretary of homeland security in November 2019. His appointment was ruled unlawful in November 2020. Wolf was also the under secretary of homeland security for strategy, policy, and plans from 2019 to 2021.
