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No Huawei out: Prez Trump's game of chicken with China has serious consequences

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Powerful vs Lawful

Powerful is not the same as lawful, no matter what those in positions of power might claim or like to imagine.

Is this a distinction worth making? Yes, because otherwise law enforcement officers come to think that their word is law, and that they are themselves above the law. The result of that is a police state.

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