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America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State - The Atlantic

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For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.

Listen − 1.0 x + Seek 0:00 11:30 Updated at 9:20 a.m. ET on April 3, 2025 O n September 20, 1938, a man who had witnessed the rise of fascism packed his suitcases and fled his home in Berlin. He arranged to have smuggled separately a manuscript that he had drafted in secret over the previous two years. This book was a remarkable one. It clarified what was unfolding in Berlin at the time, the catalyst for its author’s flight. Explore the May 2025 Issue Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read. View More The man fleeing that day was a Jewish labor lawyer named Ernst Fraenk

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