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End of Rule of Law in America - 7/13/13
The Democrats' refusal to enforce the rule of law (an extraordinary admission by Pelosi a couple of weeks ago, particularly as she admitted it as the reason that Republicans shouldn't uphold rule of law by holding Holder in contempt.../1
The Democrats' refusal to enforce the rule of law (an extraordinary admission by Pelosi a couple of weeks ago, particularly as she admitted it as the reason that Republicans shouldn't uphold rule of law by holding Holder in contempt.../1
"Pelosi Slams Contempt Vote: 'I Could've Arrested KarlRove...But We Didn't') is now a bipartisan agreement that we're no longer a nation of laws. At the very root of our problems are Constitutional crises created by, first, Repub presidents & now under a Dem president.../2
Republicans' utter contempt for the Constitution and callous disregard for creating them caused by Democrats' cowering response is what underpins all of our problems and what's destroying the country.../3
As President, you've got to really want the U.S. to work, to exist, to not exploit the loopholes in the Constitution that keep our three-branches of government precariously balancing the democracy.../4
But BushCheney drove tanks through the loopholes, breaking the law & with no apparent concern for exposing the loopholes nor any consequences. Bush exploited the weakness in the Constitution, about the balance, & by doing so, the Constitution has been shown to be useless.../5
The Constitution is no longer the basis for and the functional law of the land. The Constitution is no longer much respected in Congress, the Executive branch, the Supreme Court, nor in law or business.../6
Bush wasn't the first to create Constitutional crises, but he created more of them, eviscerating the Constitution for all time. How do you go forward with it when its Achilles' heel has been laid bare for any Bush-Cheney wannabe waiting in the weeds to exploit?../7
What's now happened in the aftermath of Bush-Cheney is that what Nixon did has been made legal. Once Bush-Cheney happened, once they exploited those loopholes for everyone to see, you can't just go on as if it never happened. You can't "look forward, not back".../8
The situation might have been remedied had Democrats and Obama come into office investigating and prosecuting the Bush administration and restoring the 'rule of law'. BushCheney exploited the inherent weaknesses in the Constitution:.../9
A precarious balance of power between the three branches of government. But Obama refused, and has continued the Bush-Cheney disregard of the Constitution, even going beyond Bush-Cheney abuses.../11
We got off on a wrong turn in this country, not just once but at many important junctions throughout our 200 plus years, but never always with the possibility of enough lead time to rectify and change course.../12
