Equality before the law has been compromised in two of the world’s putative great democracies: the United States and Israel 

The GOP needs to wake up to the likelihood that Trump’s next photo-op might well be a mug-shot. And if they really do think that a twice-impeached, indicted presidential candidate is the ticket back to the White House, they should remember that the electorate will have the final say.
Consider the stunning developments in U.S. politics in reaction to the multiple criminal investigations into former president, and now presidential candidate, Donald Trump, left. Meanwhile, Benjamin Netanyahu, right, became the first PM in Israeli history to be indicted while in office.

HALIFAX—In America, the law is king, the king isn’t the law.

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