'With rumors rampant of an impending arrest of former President Donald Trump, everybody, including Trump, needs to calm down. This includes pundits pre-judging the case before it even has been filed,' QuinHillyer writes.
As usual, the worst actor in this drama is Trump himself. This is a man who already helped inspire an attack on the U.S. Capitol in which 140 law-enforcement officers were injured. The last thing he should be doing — but, of course, the very thing he already has done — is calling for “protests” if he is arrested.These are not the words of a statesman. These are not the words of a patriot. This is the sort of incitement one would expect from a caudillo in a banana republic.
A half-decent human being in Trump’s position would call for calm and would express confidence that the American legal system will work as designed, meaning he will have plenty of chance to defend himself and, he presumes, to be found not guilty. “This is the glory of the United States,” a real leader would say. “If one rogue prosecutor gets out of line, we have juries and appeals courts to provide ample opportunity for the accused to be vindicated.
On the other hand, it is certainly the case that former presidents shouldn’t be indicted on lesser grounds than anyone else would be. Tenuous cases and newfangled legal theories shouldn’t be tested on former presidents largely for political effect. A slew of legal pooh-bahs are saying Bragg’s expected case, on its face, is indeed tenuous. If they are right, Bragg would be way out of line in bringing the case.Cases shouldn’t be pre-judged the way so many are doing here.
Meanwhile, if riots do break out and violence does ensue, authorities should use all force necessary and appropriate to stop the violence. Arrest, charge, and prosecute. All in an orderly fashion. It’s time we remind the world that we live in a bastion of ordered liberty, undergirded by the constitutional rule of law. The criminal justice system in the United States actually is a good one. Let it work.
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