“It’s far easier to lose institutional trust than to rebuild it. Once courts and the public begin to suspect selective enforcement or strategic defiance, credibility does not snap back with a few corrected briefs. It returns only through consistent, disciplined adherence to the law—shown case after case, year after year. It’s unclear if the Department [of Justice] will ever be able to rebound fully from the damage Bondi and company have inflicted in barely over a year.”—former U.S. Attorney Harry Litman