Congress could stop this madness tomorrow. It could take back control of trade policy and cancel the tariffs. It could bring impeachment proceedings on the impeccable grounds that the president has plainly lost his mind. No one who is compos mentis writes as he just did to the Norwegian leader.
The Founders knew what they were doing when they gave Congress these powers. They were obsessed with the story of how the Roman Republic had ended. They were determined to prevent the rise of what they called “Caesarists”, meaning men who believed that their ambitions were bigger than the Constitution. They knew how difficult it was to remove such men once they were in office, surrounded by flatterers and sycophants.
There was a moment, following the assassination of Caligula, when the Roman Senate might have restored the Republic. Senators spoke movingly of “the mischiefs tyrannies have brought upon this commonwealth, discouraging virtue, depriving our leading men of their liberty, elevating flattery and slavish fear, and replacing the rule of law with the whims of those who govern”.
Had they acted decisively, they might have ended the imperial system. “It would be enough to live a single hour under our old laws,” declared one senator, “the laws that raised our nation to greatness”.
But when news came that a new emperor had been proclaimed, senators rushed to declare their loyalty to him. Rome returned to its dictatorial executive, its obsequious legislature and its bellicose foreign policy.
How many Congressmen today will make a stand for their old laws, the laws that raised their nation to greatness?
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To recap:
- A man who’s never been charged with anything gets sent to a foreign gulag
- He had legal protections from being deported to El Salvador
- Trump DOJ admits it was an error
- Judge orders his return
- White House defies court order
- Trump prosecutor who argued the case says it was wrong
- Gets fired
We are so far past a constitutional crisis right now
I love my country with all my heart and I've never been more embarrassed for America than the spectacle I just witnessed in the Oval Office.
Zelensky is fighting for the survival of his country, his people and their democracy.
Trump and Vance appear to be completely aligned with Putin, the invader whose aim has been to conquer Ukraine.
Zelensky should know that millions and millions of Americans still stand with him and his valiant people.
“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
This guy got two Bronze stars in Iraq and clerked for Roberts before landing at SDNY
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