Why does the public's opinion count

[PCIntern]

when it comes to lawbreaking?

You can make the case that Capone was quite popular in Chicago. The fact that he was a bootlegger, shakedown king, murderer, etc. didn't seem to matter to most of the populus. He was a folk-hero to many if not the majority.

So when Leslie-masquerading-as-'Wolf' states over and over in that ridiculous cadence of his, that Americans are 'for' the wiretapping, does that make it legal? Or acceptable?

It certainly didn't matter that most of America were pro-Clinton when he 'lied under oath' - nor did it stop the Congress from pursuing him relentlessly. His behavior was considered 'Unacceptable'.

The Cult of * rules all. when the intellectual historians write of this period, if there are any left to read, they will shake their heads collectively and ask the same questions which were asked after WWII, after McCarthy, and after Nixon, just to name a few.

[Warpy]

1. Arrogant men always consider themselves to be leaders

and consider the public has a duty to follow them.

This is incompatible with democracy.