Can the Rule of Law Survive Trump? | by Rebecca Roiphe | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books

Can the Rule of Law Survive Trump? | by Rebecca Roiphe | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books: Of all the rule-of-law norms that Trump has set his sights on, the notion of prosecutorial independence—a tradition that dates back to before the founding—may be the most vulnerable at the moment. While Rosenstein and Mueller are currently the most visible guardians of prosecutorial independence, there are civil servants who are doing their jobs with respect for the norms and practices that define them. These are men and women devoted not to a boss who directs them but to a professional mission defined by centuries of tradition.