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Comment by thomaspinchone

5 hours ago

it's been quite clear for about 50 years now

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delecti  5 hours ago

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

  • mrexcess  5 hours ago

    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.

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