I think that while I am certainly a conservative/libertarian ideologue, my allegiance is to a set of ideas and not a political party.
There are several Democrats (adverse to my political philosophy) currently in hot water for mortgage fraud. I am one of those legal purists who “loves the law” for what it is intended to be, and I find it deeply troubling when it is abused for political purposes. The Anglo-American common law, combined with our constitutional and legislative systems, has created a beautiful symbiosis of cognitive purity that I absolutely revere, respect, and appreciate. Of course, this admiration derives from how the law is honestly practiced and adjudicated—not from how it is too often twisted and abused.
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