{"id":438,"date":"2024-11-13T09:51:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T09:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2024\/11\/13\/should-trump-use-the-doj-against-his-enemies\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T09:51:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T09:51:26","slug":"should-trump-use-the-doj-against-his-enemies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2024\/11\/13\/should-trump-use-the-doj-against-his-enemies\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Trump Use the DOJ Against his Enemies?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Would it be 'revenge' or would it be a wholly justifiable upholding of the rule of law?  Would success be 'revenge' enough, as Trump has suggested? His enemies accused him of violating 'norms' when they themselves violated the norms that matter, those rooted in the rule of law and the Constitution. Doing so, they engaged once again in their trademark psychological projection.  The 'norms' Trump violated were merely those of conventional civility. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Over the last four years, regime lawyers and government officials have repeatedly ignored the constitution<\/a>, stretched the meaning of federal<\/a> and state<\/a> statutes, and shredded legal norms<\/a>. They have investigated<\/a>, prosecuted<\/a>, and persecuted<\/a> their political opponents. They did this to suppress those who challenged their rule and to send a message to would-be challengers. <\/span><\/p>\n

With Donald Trump\u2019s election and pending inauguration (assuming no shenanigans between now and then), unpleasant things will have to be done to hold these people to account. The regime\u2019s aggressive lawlessness will require a response. <\/span><\/p>\n

The response must balance the immediate need for accountability with the ultimate need for reconciliation. On the one hand, we must <\/em>hold responsible those whose criminal conduct subverted our constitutional order. On the other, we must prepare to reconcile with the millions of Americans who erred grievously in supporting the regime\u2019s lawlessness \u2014 at least with those people who are humble enough to acknowledge their error. <\/span><\/p>\n

Equal justice under the law, an essential feature of the rule of law, means enforcing the law in an even-handed manner. Violators must be held responsible for their actions. This is not \u201cretribution,\u201d any more than arresting a thief or murderer constitutes retribution. All citizens are expected to obey the law. No one is above the law.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Would it be 'revenge' or would it be a wholly justifiable upholding of the rule of law?  Would success be 'revenge' enough, as Trump has suggested? His enemies accused him of violating 'norms' when they themselves violated the norms that matter, those rooted in the rule of law and the Constitution. Doing so, they engaged … Continue reading “Should Trump Use the DOJ Against his Enemies?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,217,44,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political-ponerology","category-political-projection","category-political-tactics","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}