Time was, we had a constitutional republic divided into three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial. That’s still on the books; but in practice we have a whole new form of government, as yet unnamed, under which we live.
It, too, has three branches: the high courts, the news media, and the Democrat Party.
The Party decides what is to be. The media, along with our schools and colleges, tell the public what is to be, and why it must be, and that anyone who opposes it is a biggit and a racist and a hater. And then the high courts ram it through.
The new form of government keeps the outward appearance of the old. There’s still an executive branch, but its personnel function in opposition to the president and their chief role is to subvert the president. There’s still a legislative branch, but its only function is to rubber-stamp tax increases. And of course there’s still the court system, to hand down “laws” that could never enjoy enough public support to be legislated the old-fashioned way.
It need hardly be said that our new form of government is not lawful. The Constitution is the law of the land. On paper. In practice, the new government makes up the law as it goes along. Which really isn’t “law” at all, as civilized nations have always understood it. But hey, if it works in Venezuela, it’ll work here.
Yeah, Venezuela, that’s the way to go alright. NOT.
Pretty much nails it. BTW, government employees are sworn to uphold the Constitution. I don’t think the constitution includes subverting the efforts of a duly elected president.
I’m sure it does not. What on earth are they thinking?
I’m surprised that these people aren’t doing whatever thinking they do from a cell in Leavenworth.
The oath, for the record, reads: “I [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
As I read this, if someone is trying to subvert an elected official, that would make them an enemy of the constitution. It is the duty of every civil servant to report treachery.
Well put, Lee. This perversion of our democratic Republic didn’t happen overnight, and going back to the principles upon which it is based won’t happen overnight either. The reason for the insanity unleashed to prolong the Kavanaugh confirmation is because the Supreme Court is the Left’s Politburo where they get laws passed by litigation from the bench that they cannot get passed in the election booth. Roe v. Wade is the best example, and probably the main reason for the current hysteria because they know Kavanaugh is a devout Pro-Life Roman Catholic Christian.
Once again, the left’s intolerance they try to pin on the side of the right is showing.
Jesus, Himself told us in no uncertain terms in John 21:6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
Jesus always teaching, always had layers within. He wasted no breath or words. I believe the message underneath the obvious one here is: stay to the right. The further left, the further from God.