The Left Does Not Believe in the Rule of Law

The fulminations against the Supreme Court's recent rulings confirm what I have long suspected: The Left, or at least much of it, just doesn't believe in the concept of law; for leftists, everything is about doing "The right thing" as they perceive it in any individual case - not following the law.

The New York Times' Supreme Court correspondents, who should know better, have been running a series comparing the results in Supreme Court cases with the policy preferences of the public with nary a mention of what the law actually says.

Democrats talk a lot about the rule of law, particularly when seeking to justify trying to put their political opponents in jail, but most of them seem not to understand what it really means.

Here is a crash course adapted from the first year of law school: "The widows and orphans can't always win." The concept of equal protection of the laws requires that we try to apply neutral principles of law to those whom we like and those who are unpopular.

On many occasions, each ruled differently than he would have liked because he rightly saw that he was bound by the law as a judge.

That's what "The rule of law, not of men [sic]" really means: Judges are not supposed to be politicians doing whatever they think is fair or just or pleases themselves or the public in particular cases.

Rather, in their role as judges, they promise to try to follow the law, not their personal preferences. 

https://spectator.org/the-left-does-not-believe-in-the-rule-of-law/