Years back, a friend of mine was researching the topic of דינא דמלכותא דינא. He asked various Gedolei Torah their opinions on the question of whether there is דינא דמלכותא in ארץ ישראל. One Gadol, a man who knows EVERYTHING, nigle, nistar, you name it, with tremendous chiddushim as well, someone who is also an independent thinker and a little off the beaten path who also has connections to, and talmidim from, the Dati Leumi world and is well respected by them, replied -
Malchus? זו כת ליצנים.
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