The one question that can no longer be ignored:

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36. That question has been answered in large part, over the years.

No one is necessarily above the law, but justice is certainly not blind. Justice appears to be more of a commodity that can be purchased in varying degrees.

If you can afford the kind of legal representation that rich people can afford, then you are much less likely to experience "punishment" or if you do, the punishment will be far less than what a person who cannot afford that type of legal representation.

Trump has used the gaps in the legal system to delay or avoid altogether, the consequences of his numerous criminal acts over the years. He is likely just trying to run out the clock and die in his home rather than be behind bars as he should be.

As far as democracy, the problem is also money and power. People like the Koch Brothers, the Mercers, the Adelson's of the world have the money to purchase that too. I don't know how to fix it, but a major part of the solution is to stop equating money with speech.