While it is customary to offer hearty congratulations upon achieving long-sought after goals, kudos are not deserved this year when it comes to assessing the adherence to the rule of law in America. In fact, if there were formal graduation ceremonies at this particular time, there would be no prescribed turning of mortarboard tassels signifying accomplishment. Rather, given what we have just witnessed coming out of the Manhattan Criminal Court, it would be more appropriate for victorious partisans to set off on their jubilant celebrations by overturning police cars and lighting fires to established businesses.
However, the euphoria and unbridled glee expressed 24/7 by NeverTrumpers after the decisions were handed down may actually become an inflection point toward a return to law and order. In what must be a surprise to leftists throughout the land, a political backlash has started to emerge. Interviews of the general public, including self-identified liberal voters (along with the non-aligned) and even Democrat lawyers, recognize that this trial and the outcome was weighted heavily on the states’ political leanings instead of the rule of law and use of objective judicial procedures.
After the verdicts were announced, it immediately brought to mind a quotation of Lavrentiy Beria, head of Joseph Stalin’s secret police force, the NKVD. He once remarked “show me the man, I will show you the crime.” To many, Beria’s cutthroat methods are being echoed in the current state of American jurisprudence as we are witnessing at firsthand shades of the 1930s/1940s Soviet legal system. In that era, the Communist procedures were (and still are) purely based on the pursuit and maintenance of political power, not the impartial administration of justice.
Nonetheless, there are hopes that at least this blatant example of New York judicial malfeasance can be overturned. Several esteemed legal scholars are unequivocal in stating that there are numerous grounds for a successful Trump appeal. For example, the 14th Amendment questions surrounding the lack of due process during these proceedings should immediately rise to the top of the appeal. Also, a motion for a change of venue to a more politically balanced jurisdiction (the jury pool was drawn from an area where more than 75% voted for Biden in 2020) was denied. Further, a major premise of the district attorney’s case was that President Trump falsified documents to enhance his New York election prospects in 2016. The document, a legal Non-Disclosure Agreement Tim Evanson via Wikipedia
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