Numerous reports say that pro-Trump protesters have invaded the Capitol to make it impossible for Vice President Pence (who has been evacuated) to count the electoral votes.\u00a0 One woman has been shot, although the specific circumstances are unclear at this hour.<\/p>\n
This is intolerable.\u00a0 If the rule of law means anything, it means that we forswear violence and intimidation in favor of peaceful persuasion and legal process.\u00a0 I understand that many on Trump’s side feel urgently, and not entirely without basis, that the election was infected with fraud.\u00a0 But adherence to law is so hard precisely because its value is so great:\u00a0 It demands that we restrain even our most urgent feelings in favor of peaceful (though often maddening) process.\u00a0 The alternative to the rule of law is the rule of the jungle.<\/p>\n
The upshot is that Acting AG Rosen must see to it that the full weight of the law be brought against the Capitol invaders.\u00a0 If intimidation and force are not acceptable for BLM and Antifa\u00a0 —\u00a0 and they aren’t\u00a0 —\u00a0 they are not acceptable for anyone else, either.\u00a0 Let the prosecutions begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Numerous reports say that pro-Trump protesters have invaded the Capitol to make it impossible for Vice President Pence (who has been evacuated) to count the electoral votes.\u00a0 One woman has been shot, although the specific circumstances are unclear at this hour. This is intolerable.\u00a0 If the rule of law means anything, it means that we forswear violence and intimidation in favor of peaceful persuasion and legal process.\u00a0 I understand that many on Trump’s side feel urgently, and not entirely without basis, that the election was infected with fraud.\u00a0 But adherence to law is so hard precisely because its value is so great:\u00a0 It demands that we restrain even our most urgent feelings in favor of peaceful (though often maddening) process.\u00a0 The alternative to the rule of law is the rule of the jungle. The upshot is that Acting AG Rosen must see to it that the full weight of the law be brought against the Capitol invaders.\u00a0 If intimidation and force are not acceptable for BLM and Antifa\u00a0 —\u00a0 and they aren’t\u00a0 —\u00a0 they are not acceptable for anyone else, either.\u00a0 Let the prosecutions begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n