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Eritrea is the only African country without privately owned media, having shut down its private press in 2001 under the pretext of "national security".

It would create a loophole that legalizes purges that Congress tried to ban, under the pretext that targeted individuals are not true “voters” at all.

We blame two failed impeachments on Congress for taking too long, we fault Attorney General Merrick Garland for waiting far too long to charge Trump for his many crimes, we rage at Jack Smith for failing to move more hastily and for not bringing a tight, just-add-water indictment, and then we gnash our teeth each time the Supreme Court dreams up some pretext for sending everyone back to GO and ensuring that there can never be any form of accountability for the former president’s worst malfeasance.

A judge ruled against Paxton, writing that his "request to examine documents from Annunciation House was a pretext to justify its harassment of Annunciation House employees and the persons seeking refuge."

The Kremlin has used the 2012 law to squash any opposition inside the country to President Vladimir Putin, and also as a pretext to detain people, including foreigners.