Sadly, I agree

...with the headline of this article:

Defending American Principles Is Now a Revolutionary Act 

... the undermining of the rule of law in criminal cases is just one component of their insidious strategy. The elite and their slobbering minions are growing more and more frustrated at the obstacles the American principles embodied in our Constitution and our traditions place in the pathway to their hideous progressive Utopia, so they seek to undercut these principles at every turn.
They don’t even try to hide it any more. Here are just a few examples:

But then, I reached this conclusion some time back... everything since has just been details and an acceleration of the trend.