The Constitution of the United States of America is the law. Not the President, not Congress, and not the Supreme Court. All three branches of the Unites States government are co-equal, and serve to act as checks and balances on the other two.
That first paragraph is the way the American system of government was designed to operate. Nothing else you believe or I believe, or we agree or disagree on should affect the way the government is designed to operate.
Nor, in point of fact, should anyone, not even the President, be allowed to operate outside the constraints of the Constitution.
And here we go.
When Trump said, “Sit up!” to the Republicans they did. They would have no matter what else he said, but this command, without so much as a treat, was rolled up in the subversion of the Constitution.
The job of Congress is not America First. The job of Congress is Constitution first. The Constitution guarantees life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Congress has the job of legislation within the realm, but it is, and ought to be constrained. And so should the President.
Trump, by defining the job of Congress, and by ordering them to stand or sit, or roll over and play dead or beg, pollutes and dilutes, the Constitution.
While many people think Trump is a senile moron hampered by incontinence and sundowners, his attacks on the rule of law in the United States are precise and well planned by someone. Once he convinces Congress that he is above the law, he can wage war as he pleases, toss tariffs around like beads in Mardi Gras, and claim immunity from prosecution.
Trump has done all of this, and he’s still doing it.
The Republican Congress is a cowardly collection of coattail riders without a single care for the American public. They think, they hope and pray, the MAGAs will stay delusional for another election so their donors will keep paying them to run for office.
In the meantime, the country hurtles towards one war after another, more insane and detrimental economic decisions, and a government that seems bent on grift and incompetence.
It’s time people. Get out into the streets and protest against this government while we still have a country to fight for.
Take Care,
Mike