In an interview that aired on Sunday morning, President Trump was circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution.
Who wants to tell him that we get that right whether he supports it or not?
And after the fall of the Roman Republic, when the emperors would speak to “rule of law” in theory, but relied almost entirely on “might makes right” in practice, assassination attempts became so commonplace that it simply became part of the job of being imperator.
Without due process, our civilization devolves into a mafia mob boss scenario - assassination and coup after assassination and coup - until eventually the empire fragments into fiefdoms. But now with rifles and drones.
Two would-be assassins tried to circumvent due process. Due process benefits all without regard for politics. Or it should.
And after the fall of the Roman Republic, when the emperors would speak to “rule of law” in theory, but relied almost entirely on “might makes right” in practice, assassination attempts became so commonplace that it simply became part of the job of being imperator.
Without due process, our civilization devolves into a mafia mob boss scenario - assassination and coup after assassination and coup - until eventually the empire fragments into fiefdoms. But now with rifles and drones.
No sane person should want this.