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snot

(11,540 posts)
23. And nevertheless to insist on and fight for
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 01:10 PM
6 hrs ago

their restoration.

I recently came across a brilliant article that traces the steady deterioration of the interational legal order through the last several decades.

We once were "a nation of laws, not of men," but too many of us have become so tribalized that we focus exclusively on us vs. them and will howl about crimes on the other side while shrugging off those on our own.

The result is our current "might is right" ethos in which our President can kidnap the leader of a foreign country, openly declare that it's in order to take the country's oil, and the MSM barely whispers a word about the 29 violations of applicable US and international laws committed.

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Cover up..... Lovie777 12 hrs ago #1
DOJ is a political entity now bucolic_frolic 12 hrs ago #2
It has been for the better part of a year now. MLWR 9 hrs ago #15
Since when does a lawyer tell a judge what to do? tirebiter 11 hrs ago #3
Asking myself the same question Pachamama 9 hrs ago #9
More delaysfiled Late Friday night riversedge 11 hrs ago #4
Time for US citizens to understand justice, law and order, and the Constitution are no longer in play. sinkingfeeling 11 hrs ago #5
And nevertheless to insist on and fight for snot 6 hrs ago #23
The entirety of this maladminstration is a criminal enterprise UpInArms 11 hrs ago #6
Everyday that passes IS a criminal violation underpants 11 hrs ago #7
Members of Congress have no standing intheflow 10 hrs ago #8
tRumps Justice Department is a laughing stock. nt BootinUp 9 hrs ago #10
Lots of horrible photos and huge blackmail scheme. Joinfortmill 9 hrs ago #11
i cant say what i want to say on here . but,, AllaN01Bear 9 hrs ago #12
Welp, that's it I guess Diraven 9 hrs ago #13
Seems to me that the judge can find the DOJ and U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton guilty of conspiring to obstruct justice. ancianita 9 hrs ago #14
Probably based on extraordinarily weak logic and / or ambulance chaser legal opinion. paleotn 8 hrs ago #16
DOJ is now arguing that no court can force it to release the Epstein files. LetMyPeopleVote 8 hrs ago #17
DOJ is a fucking joke sakabatou 8 hrs ago #18
Congress needs to physically surround the DOJ and stay there until they puke up Trump's kiddie diddling records. travelingthrulife 8 hrs ago #19
Trump's DoJ now claims no US Court can force release of Epstein files. maliaSmith 6 hrs ago #20
'My god': DOJ's latest effort to block release of Epstein files leaves onlookers floored LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #21
Jay Clayton is the former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission RandiFan1290 6 hrs ago #22
The Department of Mafia Kid Berwyn 4 hrs ago #24
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