Post-Election Legal Storm Gathers For Trump - Alex Wagner - MSNBC

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8. It's time to be honest with ourselves about a simple fact.

The only reason TFG is not behind bars right now is that indicting him threatens to expose the system of nearly absolute insulation from accountability enjoyed by every person of great wealth.

We're at that same old crossroads again. Supposedly we'd fixed it already, but nope. Kings were supposed to be anointed by God which made his word unquestionable? Serfdom to representation from the broader wealth of a kingdom was a fad for a while. (Though, to some, the concept of serfdom still has its appeal.) Even the current bout with one-man-one-vote is, alas, pretty vulnerable to greed and stuff. Tried a few shots of socialism, then communism and still no international cooperation. Next, Christo-fascism? Oh, that'll be great, I'm sure.

But all of these social contracts did fail/will fail because, with but a mere whimper, they fall prey to unacceptable levels of injustice. Even when there are engineered means of repair, the inertia is just too much. This is Merrick "whimper" Garland's destiny, defeated by his own understanding of the system but unable to appreciate and admit to its inadequacy. He has the "speak softly" part down pat, but would someone show him where they keep the "big stick"?