Something a lot of people don't seem to realize...

"If one group doesn't get due process, nobody does" is not just a slogan, it's a simple fact.

If illegal immigrants don't get a chance to at least argue they are in fact allowed to be in the country before getting deported, then neither do you if a cop calls you one because he doesn't like your face.

There's a good reason the constitution explicitly grants due process to persons and not just citizens. This is that reason.

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MistyCee

It's a good point, but I doubt it will appeal to Trumpism's adherents, who have gone in whole hog on the "for me and not for thee" thing in just about every context imaginable.

NerdyPotato ·

@MistyCee they'll just have to find out the hard way when "not for thee" turns out to be "not for me either".

MistyCee

@NerdyPotato Or, more likely, they won't "figure it out" and go on whining about how unfair it is that they didn't profit from their crimes and dishonesty as they think others did.

Trumpists are the folks who think there's nothing wrong with committing crimes if you don't get caught, and that they should be excused from their own criminal conduct because someone else got away with it.

Ultimately, this behavior is antisocial. It can lead to effective results in the short term, but it's basically destructive for everyone in the long term.

The Trumpist is the guy who, after an entire clan has killed mammoth, steals the other hunters portion of the meat.