Comment by heresie-dabord

> this makes america look like gangsters

It is understandable that you would have this impression, given that the US leader has total legal immunity, directly controls the judiciary, Congress, tariffs and formerly independent financial agencies, openly threatens journalists and news media companies, appoints untalented lackies and openly enriches himself and his family and associates, openly uses federal legal entities to pursue opponents, deploys the military within the country against its own citizens, and has made federal arrest without warrant a common daily event.

It you live in a country where your government does not exhibit such characteristics, it's easy to mistake the above as an indication of something suspiciously unlike democracy.

From TFA: "In concrete terms, the rule of law is equality for all individuals, globally, before justice."

The rule of law has now become — for those who enjoy American expressions — a type of fan fiction.