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When a president settles his own lawsuit to create a fund for allies, fundamental questions about justice arise
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An opinion piece invoking Thomas Hobbes's political philosophy to critique President Trump's settlement of a lawsuit and creation of a fund for allies, raising questions about justice and the treatment of insurrectionists.
When a president settles his own lawsuit to create a fund for allies, fundamental questions about justice arise
A banner featuring President Trump on the outside of the DOJ building in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists. He believed that insurrectionists relinquish their status as citizens the moment they seek to overthrow the government and should never be rewarded for doing so.
Hobbes, one of the finest political theorists of his time, said this in his great political treatise, “Leviathan,” published in 1651 during a civil war i
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