The Tyranny of Good Intentions actually has gotten worse, imho, during and since the Clinton administration. The Law of Unintended Consequences has been in full play the entire time.
There is no good intentions with the current group of dems. It’s all about gaining and keeping power, and then using it on their political enemies.
Worse.
ROPER: So now you'd give the Devil the benefit of law!
MORE: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
ROPER: I'd cut down every law in England to do that!
MORE: (Roused and excited) Oh? (Advances on ROPER) And when the last law was down, and the Devil turns round on you--where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? (He leaves him) This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast--man's laws, not God's--and if you cut them down--and you're just the man to do it--d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? (Quietly) Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.