As the nation grapples with these tensions, the lesson is clear: a system of checks and balances only works if those in power respect the boundaries of their own roles
In a world where institutional norms are discarded for immediate political gain, the guardrails don’t just bend—they break. The letter from the twenty-one judges represents a final, desperate flare in the dark, signaling that the architecture of democracy is only as strong as the collective will to preserve it.
