The words of the law don't seem to matter much anymore. If the government does something, and they receive no push back (either from the people supposed to be c

The words of the law don't seem to matter much anymore. If the government does something, and they receive no push back (either from the people supposed to be checking-and-balancing, or from the victim in the form of successful lawsuits), then they, for all intents and purposes, can in practice do that thing.