Adam Kotsko: I worry that if there's a figure who's considered to be above the law, that leaves all of us in a state of profound vulnerability to extra-legal violence.

I worry that if there's a figure who's considered to be above the law, that leaves all of us in a state of profound vulnerability to extra-legal violence.

Wasn't it relatively well established that Trump had the US Marshals assassinate Michael Reinoehl and he basically got away with it?

‘Straight to Gunshots’: How a U.S. Task Force Killed an Antifa Activist (Published 2020)www.nytimes.com New accounts from the scene raise questions about whether Michael Reinoehl, suspected of killing a far-right Trump supporter, pulled out a gun before officers fatally shot him.

i'm sort of at the point where it looks to me that liberal refusal to recognize and act upon a state of exception has them casting about for something they can do "within the rules" that'll get things back to normal

One's mind does wander in those directions

In a dark irony that I have suggested in a separate post, this seems to be exactly the situation that the second amendment anticipates.

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