SOTD – Power on Trial at Last!

There is also a psychological cost to this prolonged uncertainty. Generations were taught that the system corrects itself, that the moral arc bends naturally toward justice. The present moment suggests otherwise. Justice does not bend on its own; it requires sustained effort, institutional courage, and a willingness to accept uncomfortable outcomes. If the system demonstrates that even the most powerful figure can be restrained by law, it will emerge damaged but credible—affirming the idea of a nation governed by principles rather than personalities.

Failure, however, would be quieter and more corrosive. It would not arrive as collapse, but as resignation—the private conclusion that rules apply unevenly, that power is the ultimate exemption. Such an understanding hollows a society from within. When citizens internalize the belief that law protects some and binds others, the social contract dissolves. Order gives way to resentment, and legitimacy becomes performative. Continue reading…