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by thomaspinchone 146 days ago
it's been quite clear for about 50 years now
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Maybe, but there was also clearly an inflection point just over 12 months ago, and another 8 years prior.
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.
2000 election decided by the Supreme Court here. Will never forget the phrase "hanging chads."