Political Privilege

Rule of Law: broadly defined as a concept in which all individuals and groups are subject to the law, regardless of who they are.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a politician, businessperson, constituent, or political party. In a democracy, no one is supposed to be above the law.  

But I don’t have to tell you that it doesn’t always work that way. 

We’ve seen and heard of countless cases where high-ranking members of our society have not been held to the same standard as the rest of us.

And this is especially true in the world of politics. 

Two cases that stand out are those of Donald Trump and Hunter Biden and the politics around them.

But if we take a step back and look at their situations from a broader perspective, they both represent one thing: political privilege.

To me, political privilege is when an individual or group thinks they are above the rule of law because of who they are and the power they hold. But, it is also when an individual or group thinks they can use the rule of law, or concept of the rule of law, for partisan politics and their political gain.

It’s a double-edged sword that has played out with Donald Trump, Hunter Biden, and both political parties. 

So, let’s look at both sides of this sword. How Donald Trump and Hunter Biden used political privilege to stay above the rule of law, and how through them, Democrats and Republicans are using political privilege and partisan politics to abuse the power of and discredit the rule of law.