The Trumpian right keeps pushing rule of law to the brink. But the law is winning | Norman L Eisen and Dennis Aftergut | The Guardian

…From ancient Greek democracy to the Roman republic to the French Revolution, history tells us again and again that gravitating to autocracy comes back to haunt a nation. As John Adams, signer of the declaration of independence and second president of the United States, wrote in 1775 to his wife, Abigail, "[A] Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty once lost is lost forever."…

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