Why can’t this Never Trumper vote for Harris?

This Never Trumper Some see dangers from the violent Harris-Walz ticket to the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Amendments, perhaps to the Fourteenth Amendment and the major structural fundamentals of the main body of the law. Constitution.

And that’s before taking into account all of his radical policy choices, both domestic and foreign. To mention he anti-Catholicism or the inexcusable cheapshot both before and after the ridiculous sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. And more.

Let’s start with Harris’s most obvious and egregious threats to the First Amendment. He showed hostility to all four of Turkey’s guaranteed freedoms: speech, press, assembly (or “association”), and religious worship.

Just this week, Harris repeated her anti-free exercise stance, which should scare everyone. Asked if he would grant “religious exemptions” of the kind that would exempt purely religious traditionalist Christian doctors from performing abortions, he said: “I I don’t think we should compromise. When we talk about a fundamental freedom to decide about your own body. This is consistent with: a law introduced The policy, which the Biden-Harris administration tried to impose unilaterally in 2019, was implemented in 2022 before it was blocked by the courts.

This refusal to recognize religious exemptions even in cases where a doctor believes he or she is likely to commit murder should be anathema to anyone with even the slightest appreciation of what freedom means, whether pro-life or pro-abortion, not to mention basic decency. . This is not about abortion, it is about state coercion. It is one thing for the government to prohibit personal actions that harm others, but it is a different and extremely dangerous thing for the government to mandate action against one’s faith or conscience.

Even in a situation where state obligation has been recognized in nearly every society since time immemorial (the conscription of citizens for the common defense), this nation has always allowed “conscientious objectors” to serve in the United States or as medics instead. Again, even for people who believe abortion is a “right,” Harris’s stance must be considered a moral atrocity.

Meanwhile, at the intersection of freedom of assembly and expression, the Supreme Court’s “freedom of associationHarris is so radical the supreme court condemned his conduct This would nullify the landmark victory of the NAACP, not some right-wing groups. And where today’s press in the form of social media intersects with speech, Harris and vice president Tim Walz have repeatedly insisted that the government should be able to require platforms to pre-censor content, also saying: “hate speech” should be shortened.

On the Second Amendment, Harris is famous for advocating “mandatory buybacks” of certain guns. Regarding the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, Harris’ record of repeatedly trying to nationalize nearly every issue and law is hostile to the principles of federalism and “the rights retained by the people.”

While discussing few but not important rights here, it is worth noting the following: privileges and immunities The Constitution has always assumed and the Supreme Court has always affirmed; Biden-Harris administration’s hostility to parental rights It is one of the most dangerous trends in American political and legal history. Just this week Daily Signal, inside focus for a long time In response to this egregious trend, in 2023 the Department of Justice issued a grant that the publication described as “encouraging judges to adopt an ideological framework that pits children against parents who do not support their chosen identities.”

As with the free exercise of religion, the underlying principle here is not about a particular political flashpoint, meaning abortion or transgenderism, but about the fundamental rights involved – here, the parental rights that are the hallmark of the civilized world.

As for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Amendments, they all involve issues of criminal or civil justice and fair trial. Without focusing on each of the relevant provisions, suffice it to say that Harris as a prosecutor has been a train wreck on these fronts.

Harris is considered to have a strange multiple personality regarding crime. On the one hand, the general approach self-proclaimed “progressive prosecutor” contained his presence soft all crime areas and covering them radical anti-bail organizations And “defunding the police” efforts. On the other hand, when it comes to using the full weight of the government to make an example of the people he targets or to protect his own turf, that’s where he’s willing to throw almost any procedural protections aside.

gold standard Analysis of the rights violation record appeared in a column in liberal magazines in 2019, not in some right-wing publications New York TimesBy law professor Lara Bazelon. Key summary quote: “Harris fought tooth and nail to maintain wrongful convictions obtained through official misconduct such as tampering with evidence, giving false testimony, and withholding important information by prosecutors.” In one example, Bazelon wrote that Harris tried to cover up the misconduct of a laboratory technician. In the end, the justices ruled against Harris and threw out a stunning 600 lawsuits over the lab technician’s transgressions.

On a direct and personal level, Harris has demonstrated an extreme disregard for justice and decency as she makes accusations and even prejudges guilt. While essentially endorsing riots over the situation, he insisted that a police officer in Wisconsin should be “charged” for shooting knife-wielding Jacob Blake — only for his administration’s Justice Department to join other law enforcement agencies in deciding the officer did nothing to deserve it. criminal prosecution.

And no tactic was too despicable or overstepping for Harris when opposing Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh. Not only did he embrace it highly questionable story Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford. He also relied on patently ridiculous and despicably defamatory allegations that Kavanaugh participated in gang rapes at Atlantic beach parties and demanded that the FBI investigate.

But most discrediting was the episode Harris designed before Ford rose to prominence. It has to be seen again to be believed. Repeatedly suggestive Harris repeatedly berated Kavanaugh for not acknowledging a connection that a supposedly impeccable source said Kavanaugh had some sort of unethical or illegal contact with an unnamed employee of a large law firm, but refused to name the employee or say why anything was wrong. he was a traitor.

The whole point was to make Kavanaugh appear evasive and dishonest. But after the entire lengthy segment was over and sparked a slew of negative headlines about Kavanaugh, Harris never brought up the issue or voiced her concern again. Two San Francisco Chronicle But news reporters saw through the ruse, in one piece “Kamala Harris’ viral critique of Kavanaugh ends with a bang.” No court of law would allow the contentless, slanderous interrogation that Harris imposed on the candidate.

When you are his target, you become his target; All rules of truth, justice and procedure be damned.

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So, even before I get scared Harris’ extremist record As the most left-wing member of the Senate someone willing Consider racial reparationspush meaningless leftist economics, sympathize radical student protesters, willfully letting in millions of illegal immigrants, packing the Supreme Court, blasting the filibuster, and embracing the $83 billion Green New Deal, among many other terrible policies… again, even before all of this, Harris fails the basic test of upholding the Constitution dedication to protection and defense.

Harris may be right that former President Donald Trump is a “threat to democracy” in different ways. But so is he. Clearly and worryingly so.