Subject: Re: Our vaunted Republic
I always thought these would be enough to save us from the authoritarianism that has plagued nation states throughout history.

How naive I was.

I think most of us are shocked as to what has happened. Nowhere in any class I took, or book I read did it discuss the fragility of "norms", As for the Supreme Court, I found I had thought the problems there were all in the past, and wondered with foreboding what would change with a stacked court. People with principles fired and toadies in their place - everywhere except the Fed so far.