“Siri, What Is The Opposite Of ‘Law and Order’?”

The federal indictment of Donald Trump leaves his GOP presidential rivals with a stark choice: Defer to a system of law and order that is central to the party’s identity, or take a radical path of resistance. Their response will have enormous implications. https://t.co/mRYuGmW8HI

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) June 12, 2023

I’m pretty sure it’s not “loyalty.”

Is that even an “either/or”? I mean I’m pretty sure the choice under discussion here is rule of law, or lawlessness. It’s not really as simple as choosing Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dum. Which used to be, by and large, our political choices.

Even the NYT seems to almost be ready to recognize that’s not true anymore.