by Thera Martin
Shame on me, I have not been fair in this column, and I’m calling myself to the carpet. As a part of writing this weekly column on civics, I often use current news events to point out how our American justice system works. The subject of civics is so vast that it’s really fun to write this column. I can mix things up. I can change things around.
Civics isn’t just about being able to recite the three branches of the American Government or even about being able to pass the American Citizenship test that immigrants who desire to become American citizens have to take. It’s not just about being a good neighbor and what that means. It’s also about the laws of the land and how they work. Do they work? Are laws made for some people, while other people who may be rich or powerful,–can skirt the laws?
All of that said, I have often written about Donald Trump as I weigh out how the American justice system is working–in terms of the alleged crimes he committed while the 45th president of the United States. As hard as I try to be fair and just write the facts as we know them in the cases of Donald Trump, I guess I am so personally convinced that the alleged crimes he committed I sometimes get lost in watching the ongoing saga of Donald Trump and waiting to see if the other shoe will drop, so-to-speak. Meanwhile, I have been ignoring the ongoing Hunter Biden saga and that’s not fair. If I can take all the time I take to report on the Donald Trump indictments, I darn sure should also write about what Hunter Biden is alleged to have been up to.
The reality is, and I’ve been saying this over and over again for the last few years, “None of us should be above the law.” Not Donald Trump, Not Martha Stewart (back when she had her legal woes and went to jail), and not Hunter Biden, if, in fact, he’s guilty of the criminal charges he’s facing. It doesn’t matter if you are the son of the president of the United States. If you did wrong, you need to pay for your crime, just like any other person who is tried and convicted of some criminal behavior.
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