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Welcome to Varied Expressions of Worship

This blog will be written from an orthodox Christian point of view. There may be some topic that is out of bounds, but at present I don't know what it will be. Politics is a part of life. Theology and philosophy are disciplines that we all participate in even if we don't think so. The Bible has a lot to say about economics. How about self defense? Is war ethical? Think of all the things that someone tells you we should not touch and let's give it a try. Everything that is a part of life should be an expression of worship.

Keep it courteous and be kind to those less blessed than you, but by all means don't worry about agreeing. We learn more when we get backed into a corner.

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Opus 2025-052: Pardon My Thoughts

I don’t know why I am so angry about the pardons that Joe Biden gave to all of his criminal allies and family.  It fits.  It’s so appropriate.  Why was I surprised?  I guess I thought there might be some decency buried under the piles of garbage, but I was wrong.

As I was thinking about these pardons, and if there was any way around them and still follow the rule of law, my thought went to other cases where I couldn’t understand what was going on.  I thought of how O.J. Simpson was declared not guilty of murdering his wife.  I didn’t agree with the verdict but I had not followed the celebrity case.  I was willing to grant that the jury knew something I didn’t.  I was shocked when the family of his ex-wife was allowed to sue him in a civil court.  I thought there was this thing about double jeopardy in the Constitution.  Evidently the people who are trying to destroy the protections of the Constitution decided that even though you are not guilty of the criminal charges you could still be guilty of a civil violation.  They have done the same thing using civil rights as an excuse.  It still seems like double jeopardy to me.  There were other cases where this happened.

Because of our system of common law, which is based on precedent, it would seem that it is now possible for us to use this to move towards justice.  OK.  All these criminals are pardoned from their crimes.  What about all the money that they have stashed as they betrayed the country?  Would that not be a safe target of a civil trial?  If it works for O.J. Simpson, why not for Andrew Fauci?

The left is continually perverting protections given to us by the law.  Joe Biden distorted the power of the presidency with his executive orders.  Executive orders have been a standard tool of the president to get things done.  It is simply a name for the directions being given out.  Under Democrat presidents they became tools for going around Congress.  We can continue to look at ways in which they have perverted law.  They are continually changing the rules.  The senate filibuster is either good or bad, depending on who’s in power.  They have changed the rules on judges and the budget.

We need to take the precedents that they have established and use them to try and reinforce what the Constitution is all about.  Meanwhile, the legislature should be clarifying just exactly what the law is.  My understanding is that they can limit what the court can control and explain how the law is to be understood.  They need to do their job.

There should be a way to achieve justice before the vigilantes start coming out of the woodwork.

homo unius libri

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