It’s like that dialog in “A Man for All Seasons”, once we tear down the protection of laws in the name of expedience and personal gain and loyalty to a man (in that case Henry VIII) then we have cast aside our protection from tyranny. And history tells us that fellow-travellers are usually the first to perish under the new regime.

This is indeed a dark day for freedom and a giant step towards cult of personality, as it ratifies in the legislative branch what most in the judiciary have already surrendered to - that we abandon principle for calculating what comprises the fleeting partisan advantage of the moment.

Or even worse, the abandonment of objective truth for self-interest.

The end is that our national motto becomes “L’etat c’est moi” - the age-old chant of despots.

We are enmeshed in a land of sunshine patriots and summer warriors of both political parties who have taken over our highest institutions. No good can come of that. Whether enough of our citizenry will rise up in time remains to be seen.

Not a good start - the trajectory is sharply hellward.