I’m an attorney (yes, I know, everyone here wants to kill me first). I also act as a faculty advisor to our high school Constitutional Law debate team. I read up on the Supreme Court opinions and follow current constitutional issues. What offends me the most as a conservative is the hypocrisy of liberalism, and how it has perverted the notion of the Rule of Law.
To me, the essence of the Rule of Law is the idea that “sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.” If you make a rule, it works both ways. For example, in 2007 the Supreme Court decided in Massachussetts v. EPA that states had “special solicitude” in determining standing to sue the Federal government over Federal policy. In that case, Massachussetts wanted to compel the EPA to declare carbon dioxide a pollutant as a “greenhouse gas.” The liberals loved that ruling.
Fast forward to 2016, when Texas sought to declare the 0bama regime’s DAPA illegal immigrant policy unconstitutional. The liberals screamed that Texas did not have standing to sue; Texas responded by pointing to Massachussetts v. EPA. You liberals created this monster, now don’t be shocked it has turned on you. Oh, how I would have loved to see Justice Scalia point that out in an opinion expressed as only he could. It would have been wonderful.
Yet another example: Citizens United v. FEC. How dare evil CORPORATIONS assert that they have 1st Amendment rights! Why, it was a horrible opinion that agreed with them and gave them 1st Amendment rights! This was never contemplated by the Founders! Unprecedented!!!!
Except that it was not. In 1962, the NAACP sued the State of Virginia over a statute that prohibited corporations from soliciting public interest lawsuits. In NAACP v. Button, the Supreme Court held that CORPORATIONS DO IN FACT HAVE 1st AMENDMENT RIGHTS. How convenient that the left forgot about that 60 year old precedent.
So the left will construe the law to obtain a result they want, then ignore the same construction if it would drive a result they don’t want. And that sort of hypocrisy is totally contrary to the concept of the Rule of Law, and results in our country descending into the totalitarian banana republic type of country the Founders wanted to avoid.
Excellent post!
There are lots of things that drive me crazy about liberals and what they do. But the constant quest to gain ground by cheating with double standards is the worst. And worst of all, they often get away with it.
Indeed thats why I proposed a conservative sanctuary city of no abortion (or any other issue) to show the liberals what scofflaw, double standard loving, ^&#@s they are being with their immigration sanctuaries.