slippery slope

Experts warn the obscure 19th century law at the heart of the debate is vague and “full of loopholes,” worrying some who see repeated deployment as a slippery slope to widespread, long-term military occupations.

“That is a slippery slope to oblivion.”

For others, keeping secrets at all feels like a slippery slope.

“You don’t want to progress him too fast because then it’s too easy. If you get someone to a place where they believe they can use their dark wolf for good, you can justify a lot, right? That’s a slippery slope.”

Republicans in the state Assembly and the state Senate criticized Newsom’s argument that Democrats must “fight fire with fire,” saying retaliation is a slippery slope that would erode the independent redistricting process California voters have chosen twice at the ballot box.