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“The reality is that the court is adjusting the law to make place for arbitrary power.”
To understand the Supreme Court's role in Trump's authoritarian project, I turned to the idea of a dual state: an authoritarian regime that keeps up a facade of normalcy
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
To understand the Supreme Court's role in Trump's authoritarian project, I turned to the idea of a dual state: an authoritarian regime that keeps up a facade of normalcy
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.
Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.
www.motherjones.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“The reality is that the court is adjusting the law to make place for arbitrary power.”
To understand the Supreme Court's role in Trump's authoritarian project, I turned to the idea of a dual state: an authoritarian regime that keeps up a facade of normalcy
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
To understand the Supreme Court's role in Trump's authoritarian project, I turned to the idea of a dual state: an authoritarian regime that keeps up a facade of normalcy
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 21, 2024 at 2:32 AM