9/12 Candidate: Dan Arnett | U.S. Congress 2nd District – OK
Posted by Jacob Roecker on July 21, 2009 under 9/12 Candidates | 
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Daniel Allen (Dan) Arnett was born in Okmulgee County on July 10, 1984, the middle son of James and Bettina Arnett, and spent his formative years growing up in Henryetta where he learned the value of hard work from his studies in the Henryetta School System as well as in the Church of Christ, of which he is a member.
After graduation from Henryetta High School, Dan worked to make ends meet and, like the rest of his brothers, paid his own way through college arriving at Oklahoma Christian University in 2003. While at Oklahoma Christian, Dan spent a semester studying history, art, and philosophy in Vienna, Austria. During this trip, he spent a lot of time conversing with the locals of whichever country he was in, seeking their true opinion of America and seeing firsthand how our liberty and freedom sets us apart.
He also served as Treasurer of the Student Government.
After earning a Bachelor’s in History and Political Science, Dan was accepted to Drexel University in Philadelphia where he is in his final year of studies. Balancing between his off-time here at home and spending his semesters in the same city where the founders built this great nation has been a very unique experience; an experience that has filled Dan with a passion to make sure the people he grew up around, the citizens of the Great State of Oklahoma, can maintain their rights and their liberties.
Dan has gained a wide range of experience in the area of criminal law, seeing it from both sides while working with the Public Defender’s Association in Philadelphia and with the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office. Dan does not see the role of the defense counsel as to “get someone off the hook necessarily” but to see that the rule of law is upheld.
Dan is ready to work harder than ever before to fight for the people he is ready to represent. With your blessing, Dan Arnett will go to Washington and be the outsider that is needed to help bring about “real” change.
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Sheri said,
QUOTE: Dan does not see the role of the defense counsel as to “get someone off the hook necessarily” but to see that the rule of law is upheld.
The above statement worries me. The “rule of law” is not always right. There is more to it than simply enforcement of the law. The law must be judged and unjust law must be changed, not enforced.
Daniel Arnett said,
Hi Sheri,
I agree that the rule of law is not always right and I do not believe it should be blindly followed by anyone. The great thing about the United States is that we can question our law givers about the laws they put in place. It is the job of the legislature to write the laws, and when necessary, to change them. If a law is unjust or violates the Constitution, it should be changed or removed.
I believe President Adams share the same sentiments on the above issue. We are a nation of laws, not of men, and no one is above the law, not even the government. One of the roles of the defense attorney is to ensure that the government is obeying the law, that is to say, upholding the law. If a person has been denied trial by jury, their home illegally searched, or cruel and unusual punishment inflicted (being drawn and quartered), then the rule of law has not been upheld.
Evita said,
I would like to pick your brain for a moment….Hypothetically, if you could pass any one law the entire time you were in office, which law would it be and why?
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