Respecting the law/Carlos Pueblo

Respecting the law/Carlos Pueblo

Recently, I have been watching political video on Youtube, mainly MSNBC and CNN.

It has been all about Donald Trump, the incumbent President of the United States.

There are many sources of information filled with these video programs to be like a

life show every day with various producers, actors, drama, and logic, etc. Of course,

Trump is the principle actor and his long time private lawyer and fixer is a supporting

Actor, and many more lawyers on both side to drill this rule of law and the separation

of power of this great Nation. I am amazed with a conclusion that in order to make

American Democracy, we, the people must respect the law including the one on the

top. Without the leader as well as the regular to respect and obey the law, the system

will not work, like driving a vehicle on the road without observing the traffic rule and

law, the road will not be safe, in other word, the country is not safe and prosperous if

the law is ignored.

I once studied a piece of Chinese history about the first written rule of law in ancient

China. The philosopher recommended a basic law system to rule one of the 7 warlord

during that time to improve the political system. In a result of such rule of law, that

warlord nation conquered the rest warlord to establish the 1^st united China. Basically,

the same book of law has passed on the later Chinese Dynasties. I don’t know about

Beijing’s China; however, Taiwan’s copy of constitution still contains some of those

logic and rule. It is very backward and not allowed to make an amendment. After I watch

the video of the current daily episode, I notice that the American law derived from the

British is more in details and comprehensive in order to be presented in front of a jury or

a judge. I admire the system.

Why the video is so attractive to me? Because that it is covered all kinds of dishonesty,

corruption, sex relationship and cover up, and foreign interference of an U.S. Presidential

Election, etc. I like to watch lawyers to present their proof and argument. During the

detail explanation of the legal procedures, I understand the advanced of such system of

the American rule of law and separation of powers and realize why the U.S. is the greatest

among all. Donald Trump will eventually surrender in front of the law whether he respects

it or not.

In Taiwan, I have been waiting for a long time to see the corrupted Chinese Nationalists be

prosecuted and finally there is a 1^st sentence of a 4 month jail time delivered. Of course,
Taiwan is far behind the U.S. in rule of law and I expect the improvement as long as we

keep the western democratic system.