Destroying the Rule of Law to Get Trump

[Stryder50]

Thread title is from an article/op-ed in recent issue of Epoch Times.
Author is Laura Hollis*, and she leads off with a reference from Robert Bolt’s prize-winning play “A Man for All Seasons” which takes place in 16th-century England during the reign of King Henry VIII.

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Laura Hollis
Author

Laura Hirschfeld Hollis is a native of Champaign, Illinois. She received her undergraduate degree in English and her law degree from the University of Notre Dame. Hollis' career as an attorney has spanned 28 years, the past 23 of which have been in higher education. She has taught law at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and has nearly 15 years' experience in the development and delivery of entrepreneurship courses, seminars and workshops for multiple audiences. Her scholarly interests include entrepreneurship and public policy, economic development, technology commercialization and general business law. In addition to her legal publications, Hollis has been a freelance political writer since 1993, writing for The Detroit News, HOUR Detroit magazine, Townhall.com, and the Christian Post, on matters of politics and culture. She is a frequent public speaker.Hollis has received numerous awards for her teaching, research, community service and contributions to entrepreneurship education. She is married to Jess Hollis, a musician, voiceover artist, and audio engineer. They live in Indiana with their two children, Alistair and Celeste.
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Following posts are excerpts from her op-ed article.

Destroying the Rule of Law to Get Trump

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[Stryder50]

EXCERT:
Fast forward 500 years. The Democratic Party (and some of the GOP’s old guard) have decided that Donald Trump is the devil, and in William Roper-esque fashion, they are willing to cut down every law in the United States to get to him.

It started in 2016 with the baseless accusations that President Trump had somehow “colluded” with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election. The FBI lied multiple times to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to get federal warrants to spy on President Trump and his advisers. The Justice Department started a multiyear investigation, based upon “evidence” that they already knew was falsified “opposition research” commissioned and paid for by Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign apparatus. Despite more than $30 million in taxpayer dollars spent, the “investigation” produced exactly nothing.

But President Trump’s enemies haven’t let up.

President Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives twice and acquitted twice.
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Destroying the Rule of Law to Get Trump

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[rightwinger]

Donald J Trump is a victim of his own poor decisions

 

[Stryder50]

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New York’s Democrat attorney general, Letitia James, filed an action for civil fraud against President Trump, alleging that he undervalued his extensive property in Palm Beach, Florida, when applying for business loans. Ms. James wants to confiscate all of President Trump’s New York properties and cancel his licenses to conduct business.

New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, the judge presiding over the case, is determined to help her do it. Justice Engoron ruled pre-trial that President Trump had committed fraud. During the trial, Justice Engoron has deliberately ignored defense testimony from multiple real estate experts supporting the valuation of the property in President Trump’s financial statements, as well as that of the lenders themselves, who testified that they used their own appraisers, were paid back promptly, and were not defrauded.

The latest travesty is the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court to strike President Trump’s name from the ballot in that state “for his role in the January 6, 2021” riots at the U.S. Capitol. This gravely inappropriate decision not only exceeds the court’s power according to legal experts on both the left and right, but also is an obvious effort to ignore mounting evidence that undermines the left’s narrative that the Jan. 6 protests were an “insurrection” that President Trump “instigated,” an accusation for which President Trump has not been criminally charged and of which he was acquitted by the U.S. Senate in the second impeachment proceeding.
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Destroying the Rule of Law to Get Trump

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[Stryder50]

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Whether one thinks that President Trump is the devil or that his enemies are, the best protection against unlawful conduct is integrity in the application of the laws themselves.

When the rule of law is compromised, diluted, or discarded—even in pursuit of some purportedly lofty aim (“Saving our democracy!” “Fighting misinformation!” “Dismantling systemic racism!” “Liberating Palestine!”)—wrongdoers profit while the public suffers.

We’ve seen this already in the cities and states that have eliminated cash bail, refused to enforce theft and immigration laws, or looked the other way when left-wing mobs steal, burn, and destroy. We’re watching it play out at our southern border and on college campuses. Crime and antisocial behavior increase, because those who engage in that behavior know they can inflict damage without any consequences—to them.
What is being done to President Trump is part of the same pattern.
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Destroying the Rule of Law to Get Trump

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[C_Clayton_Jones]

Thread title is from an article/op-ed in recent issue of Epoch Times.

A discredited conservative website and purveyor of rightwing conspiracy theories and lies.

Trump is the enemy of the rule of law; he has nothing but contempt for the rule of law.

The lawful, warranted, Constitutional prosecutions of Trump are being conducted in defense of the rule of law.

 

[Anomalism]

Donald J Trump is a victim of his own poor decisions

He is a billionaire and now one of the most famous people that has ever lived. I would not call him a victim of anything personally.

 

[j-mac]

Donald J Trump is a victim of his own poor decisions

Um no....

 

[Stryder50]

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In “A Man for All Seasons,” Cardinal Wolsey tells Thomas More that it is his duty to his country to compromise his principles. More counters, “When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties ... they lead their country by a short route to chaos.”

In other words, using bad means to achieve allegedly beneficial ends was no excuse for corruption 500 years ago.

Nor is it today. Thomas More’s words predict our future. If the gatekeepers of the United States’ legal system succeed in their efforts to “cut down all the laws” of this country to get to their “devil,” all of us will pay a terrible price.

Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

Destroying the Rule of Law to Get Trump

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[j-mac]

A discredited conservative website and purveyor of rightwing conspiracy theories and lies.

Trump is the enemy of the rule of law; he has nothing but contempt for the rule of law.

The lawful, warranted, Constitutional prosecutions of Trump are being conducted in defense of the rule of law.

Ad hom is always so persuasive

 

[excalibur]

Jack Smith's most recent filing in the J6 case was pure maniacal. Sounding more like a rabid dog.

 

[Lastamender]

Donald J Trump is a victim of his own poor decisions

Shut up hack.

 

[rightwinger]

Um no....

None of these charges would have been possible if Trump had only listened to his advisors

 

[excalibur]

 

[OKTexas]

EXCERT:
Fast forward 500 years. The Democratic Party (and some of the GOP’s old guard) have decided that Donald Trump is the devil, and in William Roper-esque fashion, they are willing to cut down every law in the United States to get to him.

It started in 2016 with the baseless accusations that President Trump had somehow “colluded” with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election. The FBI lied multiple times to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to get federal warrants to spy on President Trump and his advisers. The Justice Department started a multiyear investigation, based upon “evidence” that they already knew was falsified “opposition research” commissioned and paid for by Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign apparatus. Despite more than $30 million in taxpayer dollars spent, the “investigation” produced exactly nothing.

But President Trump’s enemies haven’t let up.

President Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives twice and acquitted twice.
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Destroying the Rule of Law to Get Trump

www.theepochtimes.com

Well let them try to cut down this precedent. Individual voter have no standing to challenge the constitutional qualifications of a candidates placement on a ballot.

Drake, et al. v. Obama, et al.; Barnett, et al. v. Obama, et al., No. 09-56827 (9th Cir. 2011)

Plaintiffs contended that Barack Obama was constitutionally ineligible to be President of the United States. In addition to plaintiffs' constitutional claims, as well as their claims for declaratory and injunctive relief, plaintiffs appealed the dismissal of their quo warranto claims for...

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[Hollie]

Donald J Trump is a victim of his own poor decisions

The phony Russia collusion hoax was a poor decision on the part of the Dems /Marxists to fabricate evidence intended to damage a political opponent.

 

[Fiero425]

Um no....

He's no victim! If anything Trump has victimized the entire country, system, & Federal institutions!

 

[rightwinger]

The phony Russia collusion hoax was a poor decision on the part of the Dems /Marxists to fabricate evidence intended to damage a political opponent.

Trump staffers were found guilty of collusion

Trump, himself made poor decisions that led to his felony indictments.

Care to discuss them or just continue your denial?

 

[Fiero425]

The phony Russia collusion hoax was a poor decision on the part of the Dems /Marxists to fabricate evidence intended to damage a political opponent.

Nothing like continuing to harp on garbage, then forget the real crimes of an insurrection & fraud!

 

[Stryder50]

A discredited conservative website and purveyor of rightwing conspiracy theories and lies.

Trump is the enemy of the rule of law; he has nothing but contempt for the rule of law.

The lawful, warranted, Constitutional prosecutions of Trump are being conducted in defense of the rule of law.

"Discredited" by Leftist Media with their Maxrist enabling of socialism/communism via their conspiracy theories and lies, such as the "Russian & Trump collusion to steal the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton". Among many others.

Epoch Times is an objective and honest news source in contrast to the prejudice, bias, and Leftwing slant propaganda from the MSM (MainStreamMedia). Admittedly most of their op-ed tend to be conservative~Rightwing, which are rarely found in the Leftwing dominating MSM.

Trump is the enemy of those whom would abuse and misuse the Law and legal processes to undermine and destroy the USA.

We are seeing unlawful, unwarranted, and UnConstitutional abuse used for a witch hunt in form of a kangaroo court circus by Leftwing biased political hacks posing as legal arbitrators. Who are just plain traitors.