The Farce

In watching the House impeachment proceedings, from the House Intelligence Committee, from the House Judicial Committee, one thing becomes clear, which is that the powerful, the wealthy, the entitled are not subject to the same laws that apply to the rest of the American people. Subpoenas, for instance, need not be obeyed. Those called to testify need not do so if they don't feel like it. Those most responsible to the people, ie those voted into the offices they hold by the people or elevated to those offices by he or she who is most responsible of all to the people, ie the president, need not submit to the same laws that apply inflexibly to the common people. Imagine receiving a subpoena and responding with 'Meh, I'd rather not--and if you don't like it, take me to court for the next year or so. I mean, my God, a certain young man was recently arrested and jailed for sleeping late and failing to appear for jury duty! Did he have the option to respond that he would rather not. What seems apparent is that our highest representatives are licensed precisely not to represent the people or the American system of justice, not to abide by the rule of law. Why then should we? The law, which is made to favor the innocent and punish the transgressor, vanishes within the circle of the powerful and the priveleged. Indeed, justice is blind.