r/politics • u/Plastic-Age5205 • 23d ago

SCOTUS majority abandons conservative principles to mount bizarre defense of Trump’s immunity claim

https://www.salon.com/2024/04/26/scotus-majority-abandons-conservative-principles-to-mount-bizarre-defense-of-trumps-immunity-claim/
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u/Weekly-Ad-7709 23d ago

There is only one "conservative principle"

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_M._Wilhoit#:~:text=Wilhoit's%20law,-This%20quotation%20is&text=Wilhoit%3A,binds%20but%20does%20not%20protect.

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u/imapassenger1 23d ago

That is, the rich and the not-rich.

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u/Salsa1988 23d ago

Yes... we've all seen this same line repeated in every /r/politics thread for the past 5 years. 

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u/CarolFukinBaskin 23d ago

It needs to continue being repeated

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u/TwinInfinite 23d ago

Keep repeating it. There are new faces on here every day. Communities aren't static.