The system has ceased paying lip service to liberty and transparency. We’re living in a post-law, post-morality world

Exactly the point.

When we pretend to follow the rules, when we acknowledge that there are rules, we are acknowledging that there can be limits on our actions--a check on naked avarice and aggression. Both abroad and at home. But if we've entered an era where we say there are no rules. We can can do anything we want...well, that is different, isn't it? At least for the U.S. It implies...it says... there are no limits to government authority or action. There is no court, no third party that can adjudicate what we do. We do what we want to do.

Scary for me, living here.