The concept of a “prerogative state” that operates in parallel to do the dirty work, is an interesting concept. Recent news of ICE trying to arrest someone in a court room and then arresting the judge from trying to prevent that, remind me of this.

That said, the El Salvador gulag still has a lower death rate than Nazi concentration camps - so let's not get too carried away?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/trump-executive-order-lawlessness-constitutional-crisis/682112/

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Politiek is het probleem, niet de oplossing.

You either have due process, or you have not, there's not much space in between