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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
That's a stupid response. The subject is what Trump is doing to the rule of law, not whether "the bureaucratic state" is flawless.
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There is no “rule of law” at issue. The law is an instrument here. Some people who think Trump has improper connections to Russians wanted to start an investigation for national security reasons. Some were just acting as law enforcement is supposed to (Comey). Others were biased and have used the investigation for political ends (Politicians, Ohr, Sztrock, etc.).
Trump is fighting against political enemies using the instruments available to him.
This is all about power. To say something like the “rule of law” is at risk is bizarre. The sort of thing a lawyer might say, as he’s been trained to hold a romantic idea of the law’s purity and importance.
The law is written by dimwit politicians, increasingly based off source text of lobbyists. To fret that it’s under siege by a strip mall r/e developer strongman is beneath you.
The law and its procedures are being used and abused as they've always been by politicians. This just seems more dramatic because Trump is a gambler who’s employing tactics to which other more skilled or moderate operators in the past haven’t had to resort.
A silver lining of the Trump era will be that the public will see in technicolor how politicians and bureaucrats treat the law like a chess game - mere moves to be employed for advantage. I fear what Trump does to the social fabric of this country. The damage he’s doing to the bureaucracy, the two party system, and the fantasy foisted on the public that we have a “rule of law” in politics (and generally, really), rather than a rule of power and money, doesn’t concern me. Those rotted systems and narratives need a radical reset.
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