The end justifies the means, especially if your "Supreme" Court created the tools that - no doubt - will be used recklessly by the next republican potus.
The end justifies the means, especially if your "Supreme" Court created the tools that - no doubt - will be used recklessly by the next republican potus.
If this becomes a lawless country -- let's say the Supreme Court throws the election to Trump, or there is some other process to override the will of the voters -- then we are not ourselves bound by law in our response in order to defend democracy.
But we are bound by tactics that will allow us to easily transition back to the rule of law and democratic institutions, if that is our goal. Should we extra-constitutionally arrest Nazis? Sure, when constitutionality has broken down. Should we give them something resembling a fair trial, even if it's occuring outside of a constitutional structure? Yes. Should sentences approximate what a constitutional system would dispense? Yes. Because they're (for example) happy with concentration camps for their enemies, does not mean we should indulge such impulses.
I applaud your honorable attitude. I wholeheartedly agree with you - under normal political conditions. I think we can agree on the fact that the last 7-8 years are a far cry from the common definition of 'normal'.
As I was reading your comment, a strange thought occurred to me. Somehow the situation described in your comment seems to have more than one thing in common with the situation of women seeking comprehensive prenatal care in Texas or Georgia. The most obvious similarity is the time constraints, but also the fact that real help is not available.
The end justifies the means, especially if your "Supreme" Court created the tools that - no doubt - will be used recklessly by the next republican potus.
Yes and no.
If this becomes a lawless country -- let's say the Supreme Court throws the election to Trump, or there is some other process to override the will of the voters -- then we are not ourselves bound by law in our response in order to defend democracy.
But we are bound by tactics that will allow us to easily transition back to the rule of law and democratic institutions, if that is our goal. Should we extra-constitutionally arrest Nazis? Sure, when constitutionality has broken down. Should we give them something resembling a fair trial, even if it's occuring outside of a constitutional structure? Yes. Should sentences approximate what a constitutional system would dispense? Yes. Because they're (for example) happy with concentration camps for their enemies, does not mean we should indulge such impulses.
That said I hope we don't ever get to that point.
I applaud your honorable attitude. I wholeheartedly agree with you - under normal political conditions. I think we can agree on the fact that the last 7-8 years are a far cry from the common definition of 'normal'.
As I was reading your comment, a strange thought occurred to me. Somehow the situation described in your comment seems to have more than one thing in common with the situation of women seeking comprehensive prenatal care in Texas or Georgia. The most obvious similarity is the time constraints, but also the fact that real help is not available.