"in the course of bombing a boat of suspected drug smugglers, the US military intentionally killed two survivors clinging to the wreckage after its initial air assault. In addition, Donald Trump said it was seditious for Democratic members of Congress to inform members of the military that they can, and indeed, must, resist patently illegal orders, and the FBI and Pentagon are reportedly investigating the members' speech."
"Nothing is more essential to a liberal democracy than the rule of law that is, the notion that a democratic government is guided by laws, not discretionary whims; that the laws respect basic liberties for all; and that independent courts have the authority to hold political officials accountable when they violate those laws. These principles, forged in the United Kingdom, adopted and revised by the United States, are the bedrock of constitutional democracy."
The US military intentionally killed two survivors clinging to a wreckage after bombing a boat of suspected drug smugglers. Donald Trump labeled as seditious efforts by Democratic members of Congress to tell military personnel to resist patently illegal orders, and the FBI and Pentagon are reportedly investigating those members. These incidents exemplify two recurring tactics: claiming extraordinary emergency powers absent any real emergency, and punishing or silencing dissent. The survival of constitutional democracy depends on courts willing and able to check government abuse and on citizens exercising their rights to defend rule-of-law principles.
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