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What you have described is the sort of government we have, but it's not one characterized by the rule of law -- or at least not characterized so thoroughly as y
by gdwatson 11y ago
What you have described is the sort of government we have, but it's not one characterized by the rule of law -- or at least not characterized so thoroughly as you imply. If law can be retconned, then we are not ruled by law at all; we are ruled by the ones doing the retconning.
- ethanbond 11y agoLaw can be retconned. That's what a court decision is. Convictions or exonerations under a court decision cannot be retconned (except by pardon). Yes, we are ruled by the ones doing the retconning: that's what elections are for.