I don't see that in the Constitution. There was blatant hypocrisy and self-serving ignorance among the framers, but I see the philosophy of document taken as a whole to be an effort to establish justice, and it has expanded social justice when applied in good faith. The problem is that any tool can become a weapon in predatory hands. …
I don't see that in the Constitution. There was blatant hypocrisy and self-serving ignorance among the framers, but I see the philosophy of document taken as a whole to be an effort to establish justice, and it has expanded social justice when applied in good faith. The problem is that any tool can become a weapon in predatory hands. The collective We in the end are tasked with keeping that honest, and the Watergate episode, in which prominent Republicans were willing to join Democrats condemning Nixon, as compared to Crime-wave Trump shows how far that slipped standard slipped since Nixon's "pardon".
Of course, US justice and justice in the world is always uneven, but we collectively make choices that influence its status.
I don't see that in the Constitution. There was blatant hypocrisy and self-serving ignorance among the framers, but I see the philosophy of document taken as a whole to be an effort to establish justice, and it has expanded social justice when applied in good faith. The problem is that any tool can become a weapon in predatory hands. The collective We in the end are tasked with keeping that honest, and the Watergate episode, in which prominent Republicans were willing to join Democrats condemning Nixon, as compared to Crime-wave Trump shows how far that slipped standard slipped since Nixon's "pardon".
Of course, US justice and justice in the world is always uneven, but we collectively make choices that influence its status.