Some countries fail because they have too little law. Others have too much of it. Russia is a good example of the former, America of the latter.
The rule of law requires democratic government, which in turn requires a border between law and politics. When it’s all politics, you have what the Soviets called “telephone justice,” in which the judge phoned the party boss before coming to a verdict. When it’s all law, the prosecutor and judge replace the ballot box and democracy dies in brightly lit courtrooms. That’s where America...