Posted on 07/27/2017 1:54:06 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
Given the turmoil in Washington and the medias need for in-the-moment headlines, it can be hard to recognize the inspiring fact that the Founding Fathers got it right: The system of government they designed still works.
The Constitutions separation of powers saves us time and again. The president has great, but not unlimited, authority. To override a presidents will, Congress has to muster a two-thirds thus, bipartisan majority. The Supreme Court ensures that actions taken by Congress or the president conform to the Constitution. And no ones above the law.
Sure, thats junior high school civics. But we need reminding these days.
The commonest complaint one hears about Washington is that They cant get anything done. But the men who designed our laws were wary of foolish actions committed in haste, as well as of the tyranny of a majority.
The Constitution is the finest tool designed by humankind to prevent men and women from acting like deadly idiots. Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton & Co. didnt want our laws made in a hurry. Health care reform has been hard because its so complex, but it, too, will be concluded.
Meanwhile, consider three other pressing (and interrelated) issues, each of which shows, in its different way, that this great system works: Russia sanctions, the presidents rage at his attorney general and the special counsels investigation.
Russia sanctions. On Tuesday, the House passed a critically important sanctions bill smacking Russia for its attack on our elections, as well as slapping Iran and North Korea. Only three House members voted against the bill. The Senate, which had already passed a similar bill by a veto-proof majority, is expected to endorse this modified bill in the coming days.
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What if Russia actually didn't do anything and it was the Pakistanis working for the Dems who did the leaking? Why does this #NeverTrumper always assume the worst when it comes down to Trump's decision making? You would think winning an election would have at least given him pause for thought.
that was floated months ago...only to the choir...time to float it to everyone.
Ralph Peters is a nut job.
That idiot compared President Trump to Adolf Hitler a few weeks ago..F this guy, he voted for Hillary Clinton..so he goes on TV and bashes Obama, but votes for Hillary Clinton..Im shocked anyone can understand him with the constant lip smacking
So this tool thinks that 2/3rds of the Senate will vote to convict when that goal wasn’t achieved with Andrew Johnson or Bill Clinton?
At that point, I don't even bother adding anything to the list.
Stark raving Ralph Peters at it again
I bet the board in Trump Towers didn’t approve Peters for an apartment.
Peters is a slobbering, spitting, war-monger. I’m sure he is worried about conserving his bodily fluids.
Peters got his panties in a wad on Tucker Carlson. Irrationally angry.
While what Mr. Peters states about two of the branches is partially correct, the Executive and Legislative branches, the extreme overreach and legislating from the bench by the Supreme Court, coupled with the Establishment ownership of the Legislative branch means the system broken to an extent that it appears there is no resolution short of either an actual spiritual revival like this country experienced just previous to the Revolutionary War, or, all-out war.
Ralph Peters endorsed Hillary, the wife of The Rapist and the pro-abortion candidate of the pro-abortion party.
In other words, Ralph Peters is a psychopath.
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