Posted on 06/18/2023 1:29:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A victory for the administrative state in the war on Donald Trump won’t be a victory for the rule of law.
We hear a lot about the loss of “institutional legitimacy” these days. One of the great ironies attendant on that loss is a revolution in sentiment among many—but by no means all—people who think of themselves as conservative. Hitherto, such people would have been staunch supporters of those institutions that, traditionally, had represented the rule of law, the continuity of our culture, etc. Nowadays, they look with a jaundiced eye upon once-respected institutions like the Department of Justice, the FBI, the CIA, and the rest of the national security/surveillance apparat.
How could it be otherwise? Recent revelations that scores if not hundreds of figures from that world had insinuated themselves into media, social and otherwise, to push a partisan agenda must give us pause. The stories are legion. Here’s one that just appeared in The Federalist by Margot Cleveland.
The month before Joe Biden’s inauguration, FBI sources collaborated with the New York Times’ Russia-collusion hoaxer Adam Goldman to falsely portray the investigation into Hunter Biden as a big ole nothingburger. Americans just didn’t know it at the time. However, revisiting Goldman’s article now, in light of recent whistleblower revelations and statements by former Attorney General William Barr, reveals this reality—and more.
That’s bad, right? The FBI fed faked news to our former “newspaper of record” about a partisan matter that might well have determined the outcome of a presidential election. And the response? A little feckless hand-wringing on the Right. Some clucking tongues. At the end of the day, though, expect crickets.
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Do the American people deserve to choose their own leader?
Conquered nations have their statues removed and their flags replaced. https://t.co/S5qv30cadq— Upstate Federalist (@upstatefederlst) June 11, 2023
Roger Kimball, truly one of the best and most thoughtful essayists at work today.
Well, if it were up to me there would be ropes and lamp posts and I am sure I am not alone.
So true, yet still shocking.
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