We are in a dangerous place where the "rule of law" is becoming meaningless. The pot and kettle are beginning to receive distinctly different results for the same disputes depending only on the popularity du jour of either the pot or the kettle. If the manipulation and distortion of these basic systems (ballot box, judicial review, etc.) continues, most will abandon them in favor of alternate dispute resolution methods. The irony: civic systems most benefit the "oppressed" and the incapable; they will suffer the greatest loss when they are gone.
We are in a dangerous place where the "rule of law" is becoming meaningless. The pot and kettle are beginning to receive distinctly different results for the same disputes depending only on the popularity *du jour* of either the pot or the kettle. If the manipulation and distortion of these basic systems (ballot box, judicial review, etc.) continues, most will abandon them in favor of alternate dispute resolution methods. The irony: civic systems most benefit the "oppressed" and the incapable; they will suffer the greatest loss when they are gone.
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