Now, the people have decided these cronyistic and totalitarian laws are at the minimum meaningless, and at the worse enslavement.
The Rule of Law is Dead. It was killed by those who were sworn to uphold it, and have failed miserably, and I believe by design. Without the people believing in the rule of law, these administrative fools have only the threat of arrest, imprisonment, and prosecution under their unjust and unequally applied laws (see what their bodyguards are carrying for weapons!). This misapplication is usually in their favor or that of their "buddies", and end up lining their pockets as well...
In their push for more power and control, they will end up with neither, and will face the wrath of the people they seek to enslave...