Which brings up another good point - if you aren't willing to stand up for the Rule of Law out of fear of consequences from the extremist GQP and its electorate, haven't we already lost the Rule of Law?
Which brings up another good point - if you aren't willing to stand up for the Rule of Law out of fear of consequences from the extremist GQP and its electorate, haven't we already lost the Rule of Law?
Law that you cannot or will not enforce ceases to be law--just as norms that you cannot or will not enforce cease to be norms. Not enforcing the law results in contempt for the law and its agents.
If you have contempt for the law (because it is toothless) and for the norms that surround it--why would you expect people to then follow another law (the Constitution) or the norms that surround THAT.
I am not sure that all of these politicians or bureaucrats understand that--but I believe that Cheney does--and I believe that is why she is doing what she is doing.
What is your political career worth, if you had to destroy everything that gave it actual value in order to maintain it? For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, if he lose his own soul?
Which brings up another good point - if you aren't willing to stand up for the Rule of Law out of fear of consequences from the extremist GQP and its electorate, haven't we already lost the Rule of Law?
That is kind of the point, yes.
Law that you cannot or will not enforce ceases to be law--just as norms that you cannot or will not enforce cease to be norms. Not enforcing the law results in contempt for the law and its agents.
If you have contempt for the law (because it is toothless) and for the norms that surround it--why would you expect people to then follow another law (the Constitution) or the norms that surround THAT.
I am not sure that all of these politicians or bureaucrats understand that--but I believe that Cheney does--and I believe that is why she is doing what she is doing.
What is your political career worth, if you had to destroy everything that gave it actual value in order to maintain it? For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, if he lose his own soul?