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Comment by mrexcess

8 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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filoeleven  22 minutes ago

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

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