DARK BRANDON RISES
(From Huffington Post)
Posted on 09/19/2022 5:51:47 AM PDT by MtnClimber
We are now a revolutionary society in decline using the courts, prosecutors, the administrative state, and the law itself to punish enemies, help friends, and declare such asymmetry “social justice.”
What once distinguished the United States from illiberal regimes following the Orwellian mantra “some are more equal than others” was the hallowed American idea of “equal justice under the law.”
The phrase is engraved above the entrance to the United States Supreme Court—an ideal that took centuries to achieve. Yet it is an ancient concept—what the Greeks called isonomia that distinguished classical democratic Athens from its anti-democratic rivals. Isonomia later became enshrined as the central criterion of all Western consensual governments.
Does it still exist in Joe Biden’s America?
In many ways, no—due both to state and private vendettas as well as state efforts to destroy rather than merely defeat political opponents.
Is the law equally applied at the border?
Ask yourself whether you are more likely to be hounded by the federal government for not being vaccinated if you are a citizen in the U.S. military, or illegally violating federal immigration law as you storm the southern border?
Who needs a passport to leave and enter the United States—a citizen or an illegal alien?
If you nullify federal law and refuse to hand over a detained illegal alien to federal immigration agents, are you more or less likely to be prosecuted than someone who likewise deliberately seeks to nullify federal law by bulldozing on his property a nest of federally protected squirrels?
What tradition of Western jurisprudence allows violent criminals in America’s largest cities to be released upon booking?
What law states they are instantly free to commit more crimes without worry of incarceration or punishment, while those accused of illegally parading sit in jail for years awaiting charges?
(Excerpt) Read more at amgreatness.com ...
VDH ping
Wow. Coming from Victor Davis Hansen, our goose is cooked.
Bkmk
What once distinguished the United States from illiberal regimes following the Orwellian mantra “some are more equal than others” was the hallowed American idea of “equal justice under the law.”
The phrase is engraved above the entrance to the United States Supreme Court—an ideal that took centuries to achieve. Yet it is an ancient concept—what the Greeks called isonomia that distinguished classical democratic Athens from its anti-democratic rivals. Isonomia later became enshrined as the central criterion of all Western consensual governments.
Does it still exist in Joe Biden’s America?
In many ways, no—due both to state and private vendettas as well as state efforts to destroy rather than merely defeat political opponents.
Is the law equally applied at the border?
Ask yourself whether you are more likely to be hounded by the federal government for not being vaccinated if you are a citizen in the U.S. military, or illegally violating federal immigration law as you storm the southern border?
VDH again notes that there are certain "Western" thoughts about justice that matter ... excellent article.
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American Greatness: Victor Davis Hanson on American Greatness
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As a reminder, Professor Hanson has asked that we do not post the full article of his writings. Thank you for following the link to finish his article.
VDH closing comment:
“””The result of all this is that America is not quite America anymore. We are now a revolutionary society in decline that uses the courts, prosecutors, the administrative state, and the law itself to punish enemies, help friends, and declare such asymmetry “social justice.” There is no equality under the law, but simply “some are more equal than others.””””
And on another FR thread a FReeper wrote:
“””MOFA-—Make Orwell Fiction Again”””
Once again Mr Hansen nails it! Justice cannot be blind when it is under control of the party currently in power!
Nothing in the article is new. But VDH clearly outlines the past few years' of the left grossly violating the freedom tenant "equal protection under the law".
“Coming from Victor Davis Hansen, our goose is cooked”.
There is no denying it. Only Divine Intervention can save us.
Read the whole article.
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