THE LAW 101: La Beach Demolitions – The State’s own documents, the courts’ orders – and the bulldozers

MyJoyOnline · 2026-10-13T04:28:08.000Z · World

State power remains when governments and public officials change. The discipline of the rule of law must remain with it. Because the cost of establishing and respecting legal rights before taking irreversible action may be far less than the cost of defending that action afterwards. The rule of law is cheaper before the bulldozer than after it.

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