A Republic, if you can keep it
The GOP trope for the impeachment is the Democrats are trying to undo a democratic election. Setting aside the fact that Trump was not democratically elected (he was appointed by the electoral college against the results of a democratic vote), the Democrats are asserting the checks and balances woven into the Constitution by the Founding Fathers. We are already well on our way to losing our Republic to a despotic executive.
"When the President was found to have pressured President Zelensky of Ukraine into opening an investigation into Joe Biden, his presumed chief political rival, it was clear that the post-Nixon safeguards were no longer effective. And then the House of Representatives started investigating and issuing subpoenas, which were met with total and complete stonewalling. This showed the Founders’ vision of checks and balances was also under severe threat. In plain terms, Trump had started behaving like a King. More and more he appears incapable of separating personal affairs from the affairs of state. And he has been increasingly successful at marshalling the resources of the United States against domestic political enemies.
This is what the impeachment trial is about. If the Republican Senators fail to grow a backbone and act, I believe the United States will have effectively ceased to be a checks-and-balances Democracy. President Trump may still be punished by voters at the ballot box in 2020. If so, the transformation to a monarchy will not be complete. But having essentially dismantled congressional oversight and the post-Nixon constraints on executive power, we will be two thirds of the way to the world of Louis XIV."
"When the President was found to have pressured President Zelensky of Ukraine into opening an investigation into Joe Biden, his presumed chief political rival, it was clear that the post-Nixon safeguards were no longer effective. And then the House of Representatives started investigating and issuing subpoenas, which were met with total and complete stonewalling. This showed the Founders’ vision of checks and balances was also under severe threat. In plain terms, Trump had started behaving like a King. More and more he appears incapable of separating personal affairs from the affairs of state. And he has been increasingly successful at marshalling the resources of the United States against domestic political enemies.
This is what the impeachment trial is about. If the Republican Senators fail to grow a backbone and act, I believe the United States will have effectively ceased to be a checks-and-balances Democracy. President Trump may still be punished by voters at the ballot box in 2020. If so, the transformation to a monarchy will not be complete. But having essentially dismantled congressional oversight and the post-Nixon constraints on executive power, we will be two thirds of the way to the world of Louis XIV."
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