*** “No man is above the law and no man is below the law; nor do we ask anyman’s permission when we require him to obey the law.” [ Theodore Roosevelt; Republican; 26th U.S. President ]

2] “Many judges said the politicization of judges, the Supreme Court’s expanding use of the emergency dockets and sustained criticism from the Trump administration have pushed the courts and democracy to a fragile tipping point – one where cooperation with rulings and adherence to the rule of law can no longer be assumed.”

“RETIRED JUDGES WARN THAT THE RULE OF LAW IS UNRAVELING”
[Brianna Tucker; Washington Post; 11/30/25]

If YOU are a caring, concerned, patriotic American. – this article is a MUST read. It is, unfortunately, NOT the first such reporting to be expressed. Note WHO is talking – retired judges. Legal experts have been expressing dismay and urgent concern that among the damages the Trump DICTATORSHIP has imposed upon America. – a critical, perhaps THE critical sabotage has been a wide-ranging program to DESTROY America’s “Rule of Law,” a fundamental American strength since 1789. Donald John Trump, and his powerful wealthy backers and donors, want American law bent to support their immoral, greedy, reckless, selfish purposes. If YOU don’t understand this – YOU don’t understand the depth and breadth of the Trump DICTATORSHIP’s threat to American law, government, democracy, society, values, freedoms.

Following are excerpts from “Retired Judges Warn The Rule of Law is Unraveling”:
4] “All you have to do is look back on what occurred in Nazi Germany,’ said Barbara Pariente, a former chief justice on the Florida Supreme Court. In 1937, judges deemed by the Nazi regime as noncompliant with its laws were replaced, resulting in a overhaul of its judicial system.”

6] “Under Trump, many judges and other legal experts say that dynamic has degraded into unjustified criticism, with the president using social media and public speeches to attack judges who rules against his policies.”

9] “Several former judges called the increase in the Trump administration ignoring, defying or circumventing judicial decisions alarming and warned the trend severely weakens the separation of powers that has defined the United States for more than 200 years”

15]. “What he’s done with universities, what he’s done with law firms, what he’s done with the media…it’s changing our country,” Scheindlin said. “Our civil rights are not being protected, our voting rights, immigration rights, whatever they are, we’re losing them.”

***. “It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.” [ Earl Warren; Chief Justice; U.S. Supreme Court ]

1]. “When the White House blasted a federal judge as “partisan” for dismissing the criminal cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James this week, it was an attack that has become common in President Donald Trump’s second term. For many retied federal and state supreme courSocietyt judges, it was another example of the president’s assault on the judiciary and further erosion of the rule of law.”

3] ‘..some of them warn that Trump’s clashes with judges echo how leaders in foreign countries sought to undermine the strength of their courts – from right-wing court reforms in Hungary to attempts by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to shift power away from the judiciary.”

5]. ‘…warned that the public often fails to see the consequences of a weakened rule of law and diminishing judicial branch until it is too late.”

7] “Although attacks on the judiciary aren’t new, the increased frequency and intensity could drive jurists from the bench earlier than in previous generations, the retired judges say.”

8]. “..threats against federal judges reached near-record levels in Fiscal Year 2025, according to data from the Marshall’s Service.”

10] “For decades, the Justice Department has been expected to function independently from theWhite House to ensure impartial decisions. But since taking office in early February, Attorney General Pam Bondi has….”

11]. “Bondi’s lieutenant, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, characterized the Justice Department’s relationship with the judiciary as an adversarial one at a Federalist Society conference earlier this month. “It is a war..”

12] “Many judges said one of the most harmful shifts away from procedural norms within the judicial branch stems from the Supreme Court’s increasing use of the emergency docket, also known as the “shadow docket.”

13] “The nation’s highest court has issued a historic rate of emergency orders throughout the second Trump administration.”

14] “The shift away from standard procedures in cases creates a trickle-down effect through the court system….lower courts are left scrambling to interpret how those orders may effect cases they are adjudicating.”

*** “The worst tyranny is that of misapplied laws.’ [ Metternich ]

***. “Those who suppress freedom always doso in the name of law and order.” [ John Lindsay ]


Team Right Wing might now be in the final stages of their 50-year campaign to undo the increasing perfection of American democracy, which peaked in the 1947-73 mass middle class prosperity inspired by New Deal programs and progressive court rulings. This was “too much democracy”. for theFAR RIGHT. A key, perhaps THE key, was appointing “conservative judges” beginning with Nixon; furthered by Reagan and Bush I, Bush II. AND – now America is cursed by Trumpism and all of its hangers-on. Many, but not all, “judges” and “justices” appointed by Trump have strong anti-democratic, plutocratic, theocratic leanings, which they have been imposing on YOU, YOUR children, YOUR grandchildren.

*** “You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom. You can only be free if I am free.” [ Clarence Darrow ]