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How do they just decide to stop enforcing a law passed by congress?

the trick is to spend 30 years stacking the courts with charlatans who value the political project above all else, and to have a congress full of complete losers with no self respect or desire for public service

Dang. I didn’t know MAGA existed 30 years ago. Hell they didn’t even exist 20 years ago. Quite powerful.

This isn't a MAGA thing. This rot started with Nixon

The rot started with the Business Plot, it's just that WW2 beat fascism back for a generation and they couldn't functionally regroup until Nixon's time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation

Working to dramatically alter the courts and protect criminal presidents from consequences since 1973. Notice what very-recent document they're behind, having "2025" in the title. Take a look over the "positions" section, too.

I don't want to overstate the situation, but this organization is pretty close to being the most-apt answer to "why can't we have nice things?"

Because no one will stop them.

You are witnessing the break down of law and order.

> You are witnessing the break down of law and order

The rule of law. (And Presidents have done this before.)

Law and order refers to crime and punishment [1].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_and_order_(politics)

I mean, yeah, they are saying that you can commit a crime and they won't punish you. That's what "suspending enforcement" means. I think what you mean is that "law and order" is usually applied to poor criminals, where as what is happening here is refusing to enforce laws on the rich criminals.

> think what you mean is that "law and order" is usually applied to poor criminals

No, I mean the “order” bit of law and order pertains to the criminal effects. The Wikipedia article has a good reference to examples of order without law.

The law has been suspended. But we have no evidence of resulting criminality. If and when that criminality occurs, that is the breakdown of order.

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