The election was perfectly legal but absolutely illegitimate, a distinction our law-zombified nation has a terribly hard time makinghttps://twitter.com/ariberman/status/931539317792673793 …
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You knew this, but rejecting the Rule of Law as an absolute good doesn't make you some kind of nihilist, legal or otherwise. From Dred Scott to Nuremberg Codes to today's LWOP for nonviolent offenses, law is often just hideous.
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How do you "effectively respond" to a legal disenfranchisement, apart from legislation and court challenges?
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Political mobilization! A strategy which does not of course exclude legislation and lawsuits
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And using courts while doubting the majesty of the rule of law is not contradictory; we use the courts because we see the flaws and evils of particular laws
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this where the insistence of just making process arguments vs. moral arguments leads.
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Liberals also believe in this Meritocracy. If you work hard enough, get the right GPA, etc you'll be fine. Ohh and vote blue no matter who
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So true.
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Democrats are a worthless Orleanist Party of Order part #9034
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