[Still Thinking]

Duh, I’M paying the price for what collectivists and people who crave tyranny’s boot vote for.

[ClearCase_guy]

Would it not be easier
In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another?

— Bertoldt Brecht

(Which is what illegal immigration is about)

[Steely Tom]

Democracies give power to the people — does anyone hold the people responsible for this power?

Who would be this "anyone" ?

[DesertRhino]

“But what about oversight of the people who put them in office?”

GFY... that is the mentality of the authoritarian. It’s one way deal. We oversee government and give them limited power to accomplish a few tasks WE deep worthy.

You don’t “oversee” us....you bastards.

[Steely Tom]

Lefties DO NOT like to lose elections.

[Steve_Seattle]

" . . . democracy has faced a crisis of legitimacy when the people have not been held accountable for their exercise of sovereignty . . . "

What the hell is THAT supposed to mean? As Tucker Carlson (or was it Mark Steyn?) said last night, "In today's world, the elites are rising up against the masses," and that's what leads to this kind of drivel from the WaPo.

[stinkerpot65]

Every Democrat is a violent totalitarian thug.

[DesertRhino]

“Is it unreasonable to suggest that politicians who introduce flagrantly unconstitutional measures, such as a ban on immigrants based on religious criteria, or a law that would prosecute women for having a miscarriage or seeking an abortion in another state, face formal charges of introducing unlawful legislation? Likewise, perhaps if every single elected or appointed official had to submit to an audit at the hands of regular citizens (even, say, disclosing their tax returns), the propensity to corruption would be checked.”

And he wants people to confront and go after people who vote for people he doesn’t like such as Rep King or Trump.

[DesertRhino]

The author is a Canadian. So consider the source.

[frog in a pot]

...our democracy begins with taking responsibility for votes cast at the ballot box each year.

Exactly right!!

Conservative federal taxpayers should not have to bailout socialist dem states for their mistakes.

[Safetgiver]

Since its beginning in ancient Greece, democracy has faced a crisis of legitimacy....We are NOT a democracy. Period.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Events hold us accountable for our choices.

Events, and God.
Nobody else is qualified.

[Tench_Coxe]

At the heart of it the author wants to prosecute Trump after he leaves office. I’ll bet the author would really like to punish all those who voted for/support Trump.

[canuck_conservative]

Don’t have to be a genius to see where the CrapPost is going with this ...

they’re trying to justify illegal fishing expeditions like the hunt for Trump’s tax returns

Their excuse? “We must hold our leaders accountable”

(where was this attitude when Benghazi happened??)

[Mariner]

The author does not realize we are in a Constitutional Republic, ostensibly governed by Law.

[thoughtomator]

This author is not an American, and this article thus constitutes foreign interference in US politics.

[kiryandil]

Got to love Twitter.

I was able to find out in less than 5 minutes that "Perfesser" Matthew A. Sears is a Lefty tax-tick who is sucking off our tax dollars to indoctrinate the college kiddies into Marxism and Antifa hate.

[Gene Eric]

Does the Amazon jackass know we’re a republic?

[Interesting Times]

But what about oversight of the media who purport to inform the public? Democracies give power to the media — does anyone hold the media responsible for this power?

[sauropod]

This guy’s a tool.