It's Tuesday, April 4th, 2023.

Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison.

History will be made today when Donald Trump appears in the Manhattan Criminal Courts building to face criminal charges.

Since no former president has ever been charged with a crime, there is no rulebook for booking the

defendant. He will be placed under arrest and informed of the charges against him, but he will

reportedly not be put in handcuffs, placed in a jail cell, or subjected to a mugshot. He will then return to

Florida, where he will deliver remarks tonight. Yesterday, I focused on reasons the indictment of

Donald Trump is so dangerous for America. Today, let's consider reasons today's events are so

encouraging for our nation. As with my comments yesterday, today's

article will not take partisan political positions. Rather, we'll consider foundational, cultural

issues that transcend even the history that will be made later today. In 1872, President

Ulysses S. Grant was arrested for speeding on his horse-drawn carriage in Washington, D.C.

He ultimately paid a $20 bond, though he did not appear in court.

The arresting officer told the president,

You are the chief of the nation, and I am nothing but a policeman.

But duty is duty, sir,

and I will have to place you under arrest. President Grant's arrest and today's events

illustrate John Adams' assertion that America is a government of laws and not of men. This is the way

democracy, meaning the rule of the people, is supposed to work.

For example, Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmett spent more than a year in prison for bribery,

fraud, and other crimes. Its incumbent Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is currently on trial for similar charges.

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