#RuleofLaw
Trump’s masked immigration raids have tested how much cruelty the public will tolerate in the name of order. The backlash shows there are limits – and the lesson is not just for the US, writes Jack Waterford.
#PearlsAndIrritations #auspol #USpolitics #ruleoflaw
Cruelty as policy only works until the public recoils
Trump’s immigration crackdown reveals how governments test public tolerance for cruelty exercised in the name of order – a lesson with clear echoes in Australia’s own recent history.
johnmenadue.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
#Murica is finding #Nazis in
🇨🇦 #Canada
🇬🇧 #UK
🇪🇺 #EU

#BRICS’ has been conducting #war on #GLOBAL
☑️ #Democracy
☑️ #HumanRights
☑️ #RuleOfLaw

& the #WhiteHouse arranges billions in support of #vivisecting #Canada with #Donbas-ification through #Alberta
The US is now funding the far-right in the UK
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Jasmine Crockett defines the word ‘articulate’.
“We’re going to be on his ass.”
#EpsteinFiles #ChildSexTrafficking #RuleOfLaw #Justice

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEZZ...
Jasmine Crockett Sends Message To Donald Trump After Ghislaine Maxwell Deposition On Epstein
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
February 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
After today, I want to see criminal indictments against any #DOJ officials involved in thousands of unlawful redactions in violation of Public Law No: 119-38, the Epstein Files Transparency Act. There must be consequences. #RuleOfLaw www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
February 9, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Emerging from his viewing of the UNRELEASED Epstein case files at Justice Dept, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) says:

"The Dept of Justice has been in a cover-up mode for months... trying to sweep the entire thing under the rug"
February 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Wisconsin update: the lieutenant governor walked back support for ICE arrests after citing administrative warrants, then clarified she backs judicial warrants only. That whiplash matters. #Immigration #RuleOfLaw

ground.news/article/wisc...
Wisconsin LG backtracks on ICE cooperation comments
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor says she misspoke and is clarifying a statement she made to CBS 58 that she would support Immigration and Enforcement agents making arrests in the...
ground.news
February 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
This week nationwide: federal courts saw 400+ habeas petitions as immigrants were jailed without bond under Donald Trump’s detention policy. Judges call it a judicial emergency. Due process is buckling under enforcement-by-volume. #Immigration #RuleOfLaw

ground.news/article/trum...
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Straining Federal Courts. Judges Are Raising the Alarm
By SUDHIN THANAWALA ATLANTA (AP) — Federal judges around the country are scrambling to address a deluge of lawsuits from immigrants locked up under the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign...
ground.news
February 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Cruelty as policy.
Ignorance as strategy.
Power without restraint.

Cruel. Ignorant. Dangerous.

ORANGEBULLY1.SUBSTACK.COM

#StephenMiller #AmericanPolitics #Democracy #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights #Authoritarianism #PoliticalAccountability
February 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Cruelty as policy.
Ignorance as strategy.
Power without restraint.

Cruel. Ignorant. Dangerous.

ORANGEBULLY1.SUBSTACK.COM

#StephenMiller #AmericanPolitics #Democracy #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights #Authoritarianism #PoliticalAccountability
February 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Why the rule of law is ‘hanging by a thread’ in America youtu.be/D-pEwsAKpkw?... via @cbcnews.ca #Justice #RuleOfLaw
Why the rule of law is ‘hanging by a thread’ in America
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 6:18 PM
This is just another way Trump has debased the rule of law, ie, forgiveness to his criminal allies. It’s yet another step to full on autocracy. It’s affecting states too. November can’t come soon enough. #RuleOfLaw #ncpol
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
February 9, 2026 at 4:20 PM
My own experience with Canada's criminal justice system, & hearing Canadian PM Justin Trudeau repeatedly insist on the #RuleOfLaw inspired the following saying:

#TheRuleOfLaw is "all well and good" until it is neither well, nor good. . .

#CriminalJusticeSystem #JusticeSystem #CriminalJustice
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
ALERT: Rep Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has arrived at Justice Dept office to review unreleased Epstein files

(Under law, as of 9am today, Congress is permitted to view what Justice Dept has withheld from files)
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The #DOJ under #Bondi has become a tool of persecution of political ennemies of #Trump rather than one to prosecute criminals.
8% loss of staff, many because the didn't do what Trump demanded.
No honorable man wants to help to corrupt the justice system.
#RuleOfLaw
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Yay! It's an anniversary. A bad one.
The Modern Emergency Docket Turns Ten #ruleoflaw #SupremeCourt
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
209. The Modern Emergency Docket Turns Ten
The February 2016 rulings blocking the Clean Power Plan were unprecedented; in retrospect, they were harbingers of a paradigm shift in the Supreme Court's role.
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
The very #environmental #structure & #design of the #InvestorClass tells you what they value most:
#psychological #safety

THIS is what #protest disturbs

THIS is why they need #Hillbilly #Racists to keep #Democracy, #RuleOfLaw, #HumanRights & social #Consequences from their #Shame & #paranoia
What Hotels Remove So Your Mind Goes Quiet | How To Steal It.
YouTube video by NOMORA
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 AM
The mission supports transparent, merit-based and independent institutional selection processes ahead of key appointments in 2026.

🔗 clubmadrid.org/club-de-madr...

#Democracy #RuleOfLaw #Guatemala #ClubdeMadrid
Club de Madrid Mission to Guatemala to Support Key Democratic Processes in 2026 | Club de Madrid
International leaders meet with authorities, civil society, and key stakeholders ahead of decisive institutional elections
clubmadrid.org
February 9, 2026 at 10:42 AM
🌍 We are pleased to welcome Zuzana Čaputová, former President of the Slovak Republic (2019–2024), as a new Member of @clubdemadrid.bsky.social.

🔗 clubmadrid.org/zuzana-caput...

#ClubdeMadrid #Democracy #Leadership #WomenInLeadership #RuleOfLaw
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM