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“Every time a court pushes back against the looming autocracy, we celebrate. But the looming autocracy often ignores the ruling of the courts. The question, day by day, becomes how well are all the institutions we need, we trust, we rely on still functioning? The answer, day by day, becomes only as well as the looming autocracy feels and hears and responds to the pushback against their destruction.” — Shellen Lubin
Every time a court pushes back against the looming autocracy,
we celebrate.
But the looming autocracy often
ignores the ruling of the courts.
The question, day by day, becomes
how well are all the institutions
we need, we trust, we rely on
still functioning?
The answer, day by day, becomes
only as well as the looming autocracy
feels and hears and responds
to the pushback against their destruction.