India, Jan. 11 -- A US horror show that is playing out in real time is taking turns that are darker and darker from the point of view of not just the domestic but the global outlook. The US is a federal system where the Constitution defines the limits of power between the centre and the states. President Trump has taken a pickaxe to the construct and is engaged in tearing it apart. Within the cities, the mayors of individual cities have their own powers, authority over selected matters that cannot constitutionally be usurped by the Governor of the state, much less the President of the United States. Under the system, each holder of authority was expected to remain within the Lakshman Rekha (limits) sanctioned by the Constitution. In Minne...