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0 pointsJumpCrisscross1y ago0 comments

> tried to reform the Israeli judiciary (which led to mass protests) to cement himself in power right before the attacks last year

Right. This is politics. Martial law would have meant the judiciary is irrelevant.

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You're splitting hairs. Both are attempts to silence opposition by breaking the rules.

FDR was unstoppable except for when he tried to pack the courts.

> You're splitting hairs. Both are attempts to silence opposition by breaking the rules

You're calling the line between civilian rule and martial law a hair?

> FDR was unstoppable except for when he tried to pack the courts

FDR never attempted a coup d'etat.

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You're splitting hairs. Both are attempts to silence opposition by breaking the rules.

FDR was unstoppable except for when he tried to pack the courts.

> You're splitting hairs. Both are attempts to silence opposition by breaking the rules

You're calling the line between civilian rule and martial law a hair?

> FDR was unstoppable except for when he tried to pack the courts

FDR never attempted a coup d'etat.

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