6.23.2026 – their trust is broken

their trust is broken
it is the nation’s chief threat
to the rule of law

Based on the NYT Opinion piece, A Malicious Chapter in the History of American Justice by David French (NYT 6-21-2026) where Mr. French writes:

When I’m in my more optimistic moments, I think we’ll look back at last year as the high-water mark of Trumpism, when the combination of arrogance after Trump’s victory and the inherent authoritarianism of the Trumpist project led to a unique period of state violence and legal corruption.

And now, my optimistic self says, the justice system is reasserting itself. The combination of personal courage, legal persistence and judicial independence is preserving due process and the American system of justice.

But optimism is no cause for complacency. Federal prosecutors in Illinois may be chastened, but Todd Blanche, the man who announced the bogus prosecution of the Broadview Six in the first place, is Trump’s nominee to replace Pam Bondi as the attorney general of the United States.

If he is confirmed, expect more vindictive prosecutions. Expect more prosecutorial misconduct. And expect more federal judges (and more American citizens) to say, along with Judge Perry in Illinois, that their trust is broken.

Why? Because the Trump administration is the nation’s chief threat to the rule of law.

According to the ever faithful Wikipedia, “The attorney general’s duties and responsibilities as the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government include overseeing the United States Department of Justice, enforcing federal laws, and providing both formal and informal legal advice and opinions to the president of the United States, the cabinet, and the heads of executive departments and agencies.”

Let’s put those thoughts togther shall we?

The Trump administration is the nation’s chief threat to the rule of law.

The Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government.

As bizarre as it is that those two statements really exist in to the current world, I am as confounded to the point of disbelief and despair that there is a significant portion of the nation’s population that does not see any problem between the two statements.

Somewhere those founding fathers, Jim Madison and Al Hamilton and all those guys are sitting around a pool sipping beer and saying to one another, ‘… something went wrong here.”

I would say to them, our trust is broken guys, and it’s not on you.