The Rule of Law: What Does it Mean in the Trump Era?

*The rule of law by definition is “a principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated; equally enforced.”

People who have the propensity to consciously break the law are prone to repeat criminal acts. In general, the purpose of jail time – depending on the crime – is to correct behavioral patterns over some time until there is evidence of rehabilitation to determine if parole is warranted.

In the case of the J6 rioters, they have not served enough time to have a paradigm shift in their thought patterns; especially as long as they have a sympathizing, revengeful president in the Oval Office. They should at least serve the time equal to the length of time President Trump stays in office, since many of them confessed according to court records that their actions on J6 were incited by Trump.

Commentators speculate that Trump’s pettiness and thirst for revenge targeting his political enemies was his incentive for pardoning who he refers to as political “hostages” because his predecessor Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden. Trump stated, “Joe Biden gave a pardon yesterday to a lot of criminals. These are criminals that he gave a pardon to, and you should be asking that question” (Source: NPR News).

Democrats and some Republicans are voicing their concerns that Trump went too far. He pardoned the former leaders of right-wing extremist groups with a history of violence: Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys, and Stewart Rhodes of the Oath Keepers. Charged with seditious conspiracy, Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison, Rhodes 18 years.

 When a reporter asked Trump about the pardoning, he said, “The American public is tired of horrible people like you.”

Like the “pot calling the kettle black,” how can an adjudicated felon, who wants to abandon our sacred Constitution, who started the “Big Lie” where there was no evidence of widespread election fraud, who should not have even been on the ballot due to his disqualification to be granted a presidential security clearance, end up in the oval office again?

Several months ago, I asked the question, “America, how did we allow Trump to get this far?”

Since he has been allowed to steamroll all the guardrails that we never in our wildest dreams thought possible, and finagled his way back to the White House, my question to America now is, where do we go from here?

Thought for today: Don’t be ruled by fear!

Larry Buford is a contributing writer. Author of “Things Are Gettin’ Outta Hand” and “Book To The Future” (Amazon). Email: [email protected]

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