Comment by thomaspinchone

10 days ago

it's been quite clear for about 50 years now

Maybe, but there was also clearly an inflection point just over 12 months ago, and another 8 years prior.

  • For me it was when Eric Holder, the Attorney General under President Obama, straight-up ignored a Congressional subpoena. Maybe the actual event happened earlier than that, but in that moment I marked "rule of law" as a dead letter.

    • 2000 election decided by the Supreme Court here. Will never forget the phrase "hanging chads."