Attacking the rule of law. Authoritarianism. Supporting or justifying crimes against humanity committed by the US or its allies. These were the low points in the chronicle of Donald’s disgusting behavior in May, 2018.
Historian Roger Griffin’s definition of fascism – palingenesis, populism, and ultranationalism – is deceptively simple. There are literally hundreds of examples of things that Donald has done since he took office that support each of the three main points of Griffin’s definition.
In 1994 I learned a set of characteristics that apply to authentic fascists and under what conditions they can come into power. Based on this definition, I said Donald was a fascist before the 2016 election. Since he’s been in office, the evidence in support of that contention has grown much stronger.
MAGA is racist. So is building DAPL, and ending DACA, and even the full Star-Spangled Banner poem. If you support all those things, you might be racist too.
The Seventh Amendment provides for unanimous juries and even for judges to overrule juries in cases where the verdict is clearly at odds with law or fact.
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