The historian notes the felony conviction of a former American president by a jury of peers, proving all are equal under the law, would never have taken place in countries ruled by authoritarians.
Two years shy of this country's 250th birthday, 12 New York jurors have convicted former President Donald Trump on 34 counts for falsifying business records in an attempt to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.When the guilty verdicts were read this past week, America—in a tangible way—rechristened itself as a republic. It was a sobering reminder that every American is precisely equal before the law.
'It's also worth noting that this kind of jury trial never could have happened in the authoritarian countries that Mr. Trump so admires. Xi of China, Russia's Putin, Hungary's Orbán, Erdoğan of Turkey—none would ever be tried by a jury of their peers. Unlike those countries, the United States vigorously upholds the rule of law. Our founders ardently believed 'liberty and justice for all' would bring monarchs, despots, and populist demagogues to heel.
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