Have you ever noticed how Democrats bring up the “rule of law” only when they talk about President Donald Trump ― but nothing else?
“Donald Trump doesn’t respect the ‘rule of law,’” they say. “Donald Trump wants to shred the Constitution and destroy the ‘rule of law!’” they bray when he asserts his duty to defend the borders as lowly liberal district judges try to block him.
Democrats across the board couldn’t care less about the “rule of law” when it comes to sentencing criminals to prison. They travel to foreign countries and storm prison gates to defend illegal immigrants who have been charged with heinous crimes of rape and murder against innocent women and children in America. They turn a blind eye to the mayhem caused by the BLM riots of 2020 and the violence of pro-Palestinian protestors on college campuses at the expense and detriment of Jewish students who want to go to class in peace.
To them, “the rule of law” is just another bloody shirt to wave about, much like they toss around arcane Ivy League words such as “oligarchy” and “collusion.”
What is this vaunted “rule of law” anyway, and where does it come from?
It has its roots in philosophy alongside every political and legal concept we take for granted today.
The rule of law simply means no one is above the law — and no one is below it either. Every citizen, regardless of social standing, is considered equal and deserving of all the rights and privileges accorded them in the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Aristotle talked about the rule of law as opposed to the right of any individual to do whatever they wanted whenever they wanted. French philosopher Montesquieu published “The Spirit of Law” in 1748, which profoundly influenced the thinking of the founders of the United States such as Thomas Jefferson, who wrote these words which stands the test of time: “all men are created equal” which is exactly what the rule of law was established to defend.
The French revolutionaries (sadly) took it one step further when they adopted the motto “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité ou la mort” in 1793: “liberty, equality, brotherhood ― or death.” They followed the motto a little too literally as they cut the heads off the previous rulers of France and pretty much negated the whole kumbaya of “everyone is equal under the law” from the get-go.
One thing a person learns once they get into elective politics and government is that campaigns are like Duke-Carolina basketball games, which can get heated and bloody at times: Once the game is over, it is over. Everyone has to lay down their arms and realize the winners control the show for at least the next two years. Another biennial election will be held, and incumbents will be held accountable for their actions and either be returned to office as majority holders or thrown out ignominiously to become the minority.
That is the only way our constitutional democratic republic will survive.
Once elected, the majority has to govern as “public servants,” which means they have to work for everyone in their state, district or country, regardless of political philosophy, race, creed, gender or color “under the rule of existing law at the time.” The losing side has to lick its wounds and collect itself to get ready for the next election if it wants to change the law. They do not have the right to shut down the country by supporting criminal behavior as part of any so-called “Resistance,” as we have seen the Democrats do time and again over the past decade.
Wouldn’t it be great if members of the Democratic Party would stand before the cameras and join with Republicans to decry the wanton violence caused by not only illegal immigrants with immense criminal records but anyone in America who rapes or kills innocent people of any race, creed or color? It is the criminal behavior everyone should be against ― after all, no one is voting for politicians who want them to be less safe in their homes and on the streets, are they?
Elections have consequences, as President Barack Obama famously sneered at Republicans in 2009. But the rule of law has to remain above the fray in between biennial elections, which means elected leaders have to be real leaders and stop listening to political hacks, lawfare junkies and nonprofit activists who are encouraging them to it ignore it.
