Godwin’s Law used to be a phenomenon that was often thought to be confined to online places of discussion, such as usenet. But it looks like it just played itself out in Congress:
Byrd cited Hitler’s 1930s rise to power by, in part, pushing legislation through the German parliament that seemed to legitimize his ascension.
“We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini’s Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws, not of men,” Byrd said. “But witness how men with motives and a majority can manipulate law to cruel and unjust ends.”