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[Thaluikhain]

All that "Constitutional" jibber-jabber is utterly meaningless without its ruthless defence by people in power. And when the point comes, you will suddenly find the country full of people who think a Consitution should be remarkably "flexible" in interpretation.

And this shouldn't have come as a surprise, any number of parts of the Constitution have been ignored when convenient. People might nowdays say that, for example, internment of Japanese Americans was against the Constitution, but a touch of the barn door there.

 

[Agema]

And this shouldn't have come as a surprise, any number of parts of the Constitution have been ignored when convenient. People might nowdays say that, for example, internment of Japanese Americans was against the Constitution, but a touch of the barn door there.

You defend the Constitution or you don't.

The worst of all worlds is to be like the Democratic Party are currently. Make a massive load of noise about following the rules. Then some guy comes in and tears all the rules up, and all they have is to say "He's a meanie, and we are going to state our stern disapproval".

So, I guess Biden thought it would be doing the right thing to not interfere in the work of the DoJ in that lovely, gentleman's agreement notion of governance. Biden is - allegedly - annoyed that his AG dragged the legal stuff out so long that Trump couldn't be brought to court in time. Maybe Biden should have actually said to the AG "Get a fucking move on, pal: the clock's ticking and this needs to be wrapped up well before the 2024 election" Instead Biden delivered the worst of both worlds, neither defending the rules nor even delivering a win for his side. In other words, he was just a failure.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

The genuinely scary thing about this world is to realise just how much every system relies on good will.

The German Weimar constitution is recognised has having a genuinely spectacular flaw in that it really did permit what eventually happened, that it could simply elect an absolute dictator into office. But we delude ourselves into thinking our systems are really any better. It turns out none of them are that secure. That sea wall might stop the odd storm, but it won't stop a tidal wave. All that "Constitutional" jibber-jabber is utterly meaningless without its ruthless defence by people in power. And when the point comes, you will suddenly find the country full of people who think a Consitution should be remarkably "flexible" in interpretation.

The Founding Fathers likely expected voters to keep the good of the nation foremost in their minds, instead of setting fire to everything so that they could have cheaper eggs.

 

[Agema]

The Founding Fathers likely expected voters to keep the good of the nation foremost in their minds, instead of setting fire to everything so that they could have cheaper eggs.

Well, to be fair, apparently you can live on nothing but eggs.