Law is a fiction. It's guns and norms all the way down.
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Kate Klonick
World: "Oh my god, what do we do if the government just decides NOT TO OBEY the courts?! HAS ANYONE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS?"
Prof. Nick Parrillo: "Hold my beer."
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Prof. Nick Parrillo: "Hold my beer."
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I do not think this still exists anymore in the US for the president since the last supreme court rulings + majority in congress+senate.
The only bulwark that existed was the president's conscience.