{"id":8307,"date":"2013-12-04T11:54:36","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T11:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/12\/04\/liberals-uneasy-relationship-with-the-rule-of-law\/"},"modified":"2013-12-04T11:54:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T11:54:36","slug":"liberals-uneasy-relationship-with-the-rule-of-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/12\/04\/liberals-uneasy-relationship-with-the-rule-of-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberals’ Uneasy Relationship with the Rule of Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liberals are for the rule of law when it suits their collectivist, big government agenda, but only then.  Peter Berkowitz<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

The left-liberal mindset endemic on the college faculties and law schools where Barack Obama\u2019s political sensibilities were forged holds that morals and politics are subject to a universal reason to which the left-liberal sensibility is uniquely attuned. This conceit receives expression in a faith that the left-liberal brain trust can embody complex public policy in general rules and regulations, which can then be administered smoothly by well-educated bureaucrats and adjudicated impartially by empathetic judges.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the same time, the left-liberal mind rebels against established authorities, hierarchies, and formalities that constrain its ability to pursue the people\u2019s good and social justice — at least as it understands them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Often enough, this rebellion turns against laws duly enacted by left-liberals themselves. Obamacare and the Iran nuclear deal are now demonstrating the destabilizing consequences of governing in accordance with a love-hate relationship toward the law.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

An outstanding piece of analysis.  Read it all<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nRelated articles<\/legend>\n
\n
\"\"<\/a>The Obama Administration's Contempt for the Rule of Law<\/a><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Progressivism as Religion: Peter Berkowitz on Ronald Dworkin<\/a><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>RULE OF LAW IS FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE: Megan McArdle: ObamaCare Is Whatever Obama Says It Is. "It<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/fieldset>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liberals are for the rule of law when it suits their collectivist, big government agenda, but only then.  Peter Berkowitz: The left-liberal mindset endemic on the college faculties and law schools where Barack Obama\u2019s political sensibilities were forged holds that morals and politics are subject to a universal reason to which the left-liberal sensibility is … Continue reading “Liberals’ Uneasy Relationship with the Rule of Law”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-morality-and-legality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8307","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=8307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}