Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@greg_shill The latter; the view that every action has to be evaluated in terms of process, precedent, limiting principles, etc rather than on its own terms and that bad outcomes can be avoided with more process — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@greg_shill It’s definitely sometimes an excuse. But like I’ve seen some people argue against aggressive prosecutorial strategies against the 1/6 rioters on the grounds that those same strategies could be abused in the future. But they can be abused either way! Why is this relevant? — PolitiTweet.org