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Military reports warn our governments of the impending problem of oil decline, endangering western society. Science informs our politicians that we have only a few years left to avert dangerous climate change. Still, the public is largely unaware and uninformed about these issues. But the sound functioning of democracy demands an informed public. Democracy also assumes that a government is capable of exercising its decision-making authority and of actually protecting citizens when and as it is needed. Since all of this is no longer true, the democratic order is under siege and it is time for the judiciary to step in…
