The great redeeming value of the Donald Trump years is that they’ve clarified things. They have offered no salvation or solutions, but the polarization they’ve engendered ensures no one can delude themselves about what’s at stake. There is no longer any consensus about so-called American values. The Left has abandoned free speech since 2017, and the Right is turning against the “proposition nation.” Now, it appears both factions are dismissing the “rule of law” itself, except as a slogan wielded in bad faith. We can’t dispense with it quickly enough.
It was always a sham. Most of the great triumphs of American progressivism, from desegregation to homosexual marriage, were imposed undemocratically by justices who wanted to implement their policy preferences. Conceived by the Founders as the weakest branch of government, the Supreme Court is today essentially sovereign when it comes to domestic policy, with Congress unable or unwilling to legislate, the states rendered meaningless administrative entities, and even an “authoritarian” like Trump unwilling to defy the Court on decisions like birthright citizenship.
… another case may do what the Supreme Court has not: awaken ordinary white people to the lie of the “rule of law.” It is a case that every American has a stake in. It is the case of Shiloh Hendrix, a white mother in Minnesota who has been convicted for saying a word that is repeated countless times every single day by the Regime’s pets.
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