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Actually what's ironic here is your thinking the Federal Government existed at the time of the quote. The French and Indian War took place between 1754 and 1763. So when MR Franklin spoke, America was 13 British Colonies. Right? At any rate, the American Revolution did not even happen until 1765. And I'm pretty sure the Declaration of Independence wasn't read aloud in the British Parliament until October 31, 1776.

And where any sort of a stretch may be concerned, past the strictly enumerated limits placed on government in the US Constitution, saying the government has the right to act on behalf of the "collective" may work on a Borg ship, but not in the America I grew up in. But whether the Governor was right to act in response to the CV was not at debate. Taking license plate numbers of Church-goers however was.

My bad.
Federal government / colonial assembly
Sorry I didn’t tie the knot tight enough for you.

I appreciate your Star Trek reference.

So what should the Governor do?