First and foremost: FUCK DONALD TRUMP
I’ve been waiting for this one. The one that has nothing to do with God. The theory that doesn’t give me war flashbacks to Sunday mass when my mom would pinch me every time I got too rowdy for Jesus.
Immanuel Kant was one of those lawful good people. Ya know, on that lil alignment chart. –>
Kant was a moral absolutist. One correct solution to any moral problem. Moral law is binding. He followed a moral code with no exceptions.
Lying is bad always, stealing is bad always, and we shouldn’t be manipulated or manipulate other beings.
We get it Kant, you’re a solid moral dude or whatever. No exceptions for anyone.
Then there’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg. A true public servant. A politician who understood her role as a Justice. No exceptions means no exceptions.
I have my own reservations about the American justice system, as I’m sure most of us do, but there is no denying that woman’s power. She transcended gender stereotypes her entire life.
Throughout the documentary, friends and colleagues described her as shy and quiet. Nothing about the work she did was quiet. Ginsburg was an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights throughout most of her legal career.
Ginsburg didn’t only challenge antiquated views on gendered roles, she actively sought to legally represent and apply the laws written. She understood how gendered stereotypes affect everybody.
Talk about Kantian categorical imperative formulations. Her rulings on gender equality speaks to Kantian universality.
The constitution in this case is the moral absolute. No exceptions, it’s the highest law of the land. And Ginsburg stood by that.
The 14th amendment is clear when stating that no state shall deny to any person the equal protection of the law.
To deny women of equal opportunity goes against the universality of the constitution. You cannot exclude women because they are women. No exceptions remember?
The general rule that stands behind this statement is that you have to treat both genders equally.
Ginsburg constantly reminded old white men that they were not above the law, they could not make exceptions. Especially not for themselves.
With the absolute shitshow that the United States currently is, Donald Trump seeks to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg with conservative Amy Coney Barrett.
She is the opposite of Kant. And not in the utilitarian kind of way. In the super religious will get in the way of “no exceptions” kind of way.
And here I was thinking we’d be done talking about God.
In a 2006 commencement speech at Notre Dame Law School Barrett told the graduating class of LAWYERS,
“But if you can keep in mind that your fundamental purpose in life is not to be a lawyer, but to know, love, and serve God, you truly will be a different kind of lawyer.”
She literally said fuck separation of church and state.
I am super biased against anyone Trump associates with, but it seems to me that Barrett will not follow the commands of the constitution regardless of personal desires. Scary times.
The constitution is the highest law of the land, Kant have any exceptions. None.
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