Rule of Law

Here, Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith presents one reason that guilty people need to be punished for their crimes.

250 years later, the United States faces this dilemma: Either try, convict, and incarcerate Donald Trump for the numerous felonies he committed since leaving office following his loss of the 2020 election, or resign yourself to the fact that you live in a country in which rule of law is meaningless, whose president is free to do anything he wishes with total impunity.