Rousas Rushdoony: Law and Liberty: Marxist Law

The next chapter that we wade into, although titled, Marxist Law, can also de described more generally as secular humanistic law.  As Rushdoony points out, "Marxism is relativistic; it denies that there is any absolute truth, and fundamental right and wrong in the universe...all ideas of truth and law simply reflect the will of the ruling class."  And here is the problem that we have today, because Marxist or not, our civil government has forgotten the fundamental nature and foundation of our law and replaced it with the spuriousness of man's opinion.  The result of a systematic attack on the nature of law in our society has led to an executive branch unwilling to follow law, a legislative branch incapable of creating cogent law and a judicial branch actively jettisoning historical precedent to create a new, improved law. 
Rushdoony continues, "for Marxism, law is simply the will of the state. Law is simply a system of prescriptive and binding rules which express the totalitarian and coercive will of the state."  So, whether the idea of attributing this change to "Marxism" is accurate or not, the truth behind the statement in today's society is abundantly clear where rules and procedures have been developed to enhance civil government at the expense of individual rights. 
Rushdoony lists some aspects of Marxist law that I think are equally applicable today in America:
1)  "Marxist law denies any absolute truth." (If you don't believe this than tell me what the basis for law is today, the will of the people, the will of the civil government...)
2)  "Law is a political weapon to be used in destroying enemies and remaking its subjects."  (If you don't believe this, take a look at how the IRS was used against the "enemies" of the executive branch)
3)  Totalitarians are not opposed to tyranny as long as they are in control.
4)  "A fourth aspect of Marxist law is its use of the courts.  Since the law has no reference to an absolute right and wrong, neither can the courts be geared to any absolute justice.  The courts have nothing to do with justice; they simply safeguard the interests of the state and work to destroy all its enemies."
5)  "[There is no toleration] for division of powers."
6)  "Marxism denies that anything can be called law which does not further socialism.  As a result, all Christian systems of law are called frauds."  (In our case, law is only that which can further the state, socialist or not....and Christianity is definitely one of those things that stands in the way of its progress.
7)  "The only real crimes are crimes against socialism." 
8)  "[Marxist law] insures a perpetual state of civil war."  By this he means that once detached from absolute truth, law becomes a tool to be waged towards the furtherance of the state.  There are no sides in this war, with those in power contesting for supremacy, the ruling body in a constant struggle against the people and even individuals against each other as their own liberties are siphoned off to the civil government.  The resultant effect is nothing more than chaos on a societal scale.