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Once the fighting stops, the thinking goes, both soldiers and civilians will remember whether those on the other side obeyed international law, or whether they committed atrocities.

Trump has also purged independent non-partisan inspector generals and other officials whose responsibility is to ensure that the rule of law and the Constitution are obeyed.

Many federal judges who meant their oaths to the Constitution understand that the Roberts Court obeyed Trump in advance, a grievous error.

Presidents of both parties have understood and obeyed the bedrock principle that presidents follow court orders even those they disagree with.

“We obeyed the law and we kept the peace. And that’s not bad.”