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kentuck

(115,407 posts)
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 09:45 AM Dec 2020

Has America lost the rule of law?

That may be the most serious loss from the Trump years?

Without justice, there can be no Constitution, no democracy, no freedom.

When people can flagrantly violate the laws of our country, because of position or whatever, the country can not long last.

When elected Senators turn the other way as laws are broken and the Justice Department becomes a partisan apparatus to help their Leader , then democracy as we know it, cannot survive.

America is definitely at a crossroads.

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Has America lost the rule of law? (Original Post) kentuck Dec 2020 OP
We shall find out very soon. n/t Laelth Dec 2020 #1
Long ago Miguelito Loveless Dec 2020 #2
Serious K&R Guilded Lilly Dec 2020 #3
If these nut jobs are interested in turning our Democratic Republic into some sort of fascist... dubyadiprecession Dec 2020 #4
"Has America lost the rule of law?"...Only for the wealthy, powerful and well-connected. sop Dec 2020 #5
White collar crime needs a good look at? pwb Dec 2020 #6
One nation, under Trump Diraven Dec 2020 #7

Miguelito Loveless

(5,752 posts)
2. Long ago
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 09:48 AM
Dec 2020

You can date it from either Bush v. Gore in 2000, or Herrera v. Collins in 1993. Both are "legal" decision which made a mockery of the law and the concept of justice.

dubyadiprecession

(7,450 posts)
4. If these nut jobs are interested in turning our Democratic Republic into some sort of fascist...
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 10:00 AM
Dec 2020

Dictatorship, they have two options:
Get tried for treason and be imprisoned.
or
If they are dumb enough to rise up against the U.S. government, they will feel the full force of the business end of our military.

No More bullshit from Trumpster’s!!

sop

(18,626 posts)
5. "Has America lost the rule of law?"...Only for the wealthy, powerful and well-connected.
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 10:03 AM
Dec 2020

For the rest of us, not so much.

pwb

(12,669 posts)
6. White collar crime needs a good look at?
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 10:20 AM
Dec 2020

There are many families just like the Trumps. Thinking money and lawyers can always save them.

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