Beyond the Law: What It Means to Weaponize the Government

Published 10 months ago
Source: off-guardian.org
President Trump’s declaration of war as a justification for using wartime powers to sidestep constitutional protections is indeed a war, but it is a war waged by the president against dissent, against due process, and against the very foundations of our constitutional republic. This is what it means to weaponize the government. When the government turns its …

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