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Governor DeSantis, the Raid on Trump, and the Rule of Law—Part II

Governor DeSantis, the Raid on Trump, and the Rule of Law—Part II
Former U.S. President Donald Trump's residence in Mar-A-Lago, Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 9, 2022. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images
Rob Natelson
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In this Part II of my two-part series on the rule of law, I was going to explain how the rule of law is declining in America. But Monday’s massive FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s residence for alleged misuse of government documents—after the FBI gave Hillary Clinton a pass for a similar offense—has made my case for me.

Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (3rd ed., 2015). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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