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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Norman L Eisen and Dennis Aftergut

The Trumpian right keeps pushing rule of law to the brink. But the law is winning

‘At stake is whether we are a society ruled by law or not.’
‘At stake is whether we are a society ruled by law or not.’ Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA

This week has seen developments in two important legal battles. At stake is whether we are a society ruled by law or not. Without law, we face not survival of the fittest but survival of the fiercest – those most willing to use intimidation, force and violence to get their way.

First, a New York judge held Donald Trump in contempt for stiffing a subpoena from the state attorney general, Letitia James, for documents relating to her civil investigation of the Trump Organization. She is investigating Trump’s businesses for allegedly inflating financial statements to lenders.

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