Minor question about the Jeffrey Clark DOJ story: Does it matter to our assessment of Clark's culpability if he genuinely believed the conspiracy theories of the 2020 election? A thread.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/jeffrey-clark-trump-election.html …
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Sauce for the goose. We need to be very careful under what circumstances we justify lawlessness, because there will often be disagreement about the facts of a situation. As for my personal statement on the general topic:pic.twitter.com/Zv79EUso3q
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(That "subject to the same" part refers to a previous paragraph on just war theory.)
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Facts matter. So does the social contract.
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In that scenario, I don't know if it would have been the wisest response for a mob to descend on DC, but I do think it would have been justified. Kind of like how a war might be morally justifiable while still not being wise.
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