The writer has a good idea. Put statues of Herkenbald in the Capitol, courthouses etc
Posted on 09/18/2018 1:41:12 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
Law, we are told even in fifth grade, is something that applies to all without respect to wealth or status. And then a few years later the same notion gets drilled into our mushy skulls during civics class as high school freshmen. It's a noble ideal, and we like to think that the world follows America's example as a model of how under the rule of law, there are none deemed greater than others. Rich or poor, celebrity or obscure, politically affluent or peanut gallery... it doesn't matter. Here we are all equally accounted and equally accountable.
And it is all a damnable fantasy and we all know it. Even if we don't talk about it.
I suppose the current situation with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is in my mind tonight. As of this writing some former classmate during the early Eighties is alleging that Kavanaugh did something, or other, whatever. She's due to testify before the Senate next week. It's already grounds enough, however dubious, to have a number of elected officials and many commentators in the media demanding that Kavanaugh withdraw himself as a nominee.
Huh. Funny. I remember many of these same people insisting in 1998 that President Bill Clinton's sexcapades were inconsequential. That his "character didn't matter". That it was all "sex lies" whatever that is supposed to be. If it didn't affect his performance as President of the United States then it shouldn't be on the radar.
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The writer has a good idea. Put statues of Herkenbald in the Capitol, courthouses etc
Equal law for everyone?
Tell it to OJ Simpson.
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