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, government official, constituent, businessperson, 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. And right now, the headlines are filled with this exception.

The current convictions and charges surrounding Donald Trump and Hunter Biden are center stage, and the politicized hyperbole is rampant. 

So, how can we get a good read on all of this? Both are very serious and have far-reaching political ramifications. And the hyperbole can fog everything up.  

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