Mick Clifford: US Supreme Court ruling a severe indictment of principles of liberal democracy
Donald Trump: If he is elected and subsequently impeached, as is highly possible, or if he changes the law in order to run for a third term and is then beaten, what is there to stop him organising a coup? Certainly, the law will not hinder him. Picture: AP/Steve Helber
At an early stage they come for the judges. Whenever an individual or group attempts to undermine basic tenets of liberal democracy in favour of autocratic rule, an independent judiciary is an early target.
Through threats or action it is conveyed to those who administer the law that results from the courts must be favourable to the regime, rather than a constitution, the rights of citizens or long held legal principles.
