"Each fresh outrage, each statement, each video-clip-whether of Trump officials or of his shock-troops-could be neatly slotted in, given an exhibit number, and annotated with the criminal and civil violations captured in the evidence. The caucus could publish dates these trials will be held on-following from Jan 20, 2029-and even which courtrooms each official, high and low, will be tried in."
"Healthy democracies do not respond to attempts to impose authoritarian rule by allowing their perpetrators to remain in positions of power. Just this month, South Korea sentenced its former right-wing president, Yoon Suk-yeol, to life imprisonment for his 2024 attempt to impose martial law."
Cory Doctorow, known for coining 'enshittification,' has proposed a 'Nuremberg Caucus' as a political response to fascism and Trump administration abuses. This initiative would create a public platform for Democrats to compile evidence of crimes including corruption, concentration camps, and executions by federal agents. The platform would catalog evidence with exhibit numbers, annotate criminal and civil violations, and publish trial dates and courtroom assignments for officials at all levels. Doctorow argues this accountability mechanism is essential for healthy democracies, citing examples like South Korea's prosecution of former president Yoon Suk-yeol for attempting to impose martial law.
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