[freerepublicchat]

They get away with it in part because the constitution is flawed.

We ask the executive branch to prosecute the executive branch.

The alternative is impeachment, but getting 2/3rds of the Senate to agree to a guilty verdict is next to impossible.

[reefdiver]

I am hoping against hope that someone on that side realizes the damage that is being done to this country and comes forward with enough evidence to break this case open.

[staytrue]

“They get away with it in part because the constitution is flawed.
We ask the executive branch to prosecute the executive branch. “

I think that regardless of which system of govt you have with or without a constitution, it can be overwhelmed when the people in charge are corrupt to the core.

[DeaconRed]

"They get away with it in part because the constitution is flawed.

We ask the executive branch to prosecute the executive branch.

You are right. It only works when the AG is a honest person. Get a scum like Holder and the system fails. The AG should be elected, NOT APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT! ! ! ! !

[Jacquerie]

They get away with it in part because the constitution is flawed.

If you mean the constitution post-1913, you couldn't be more correct.

Until it is in the aggregate interest of congress to stand up to tyranny, tyranny will prosper.

The 17th Amendment represents a fundamental contradiction in our republic. We have a federal constitution without a federal government. The government acts on the states, yet the states are not represented in congress. It contradicts the maxim of republics, consent of the governed.

The 17th killed the institutional pride of the senate. Rather than look out for the interests of the states, the senate exists to serve the ambition and avarice of its members. If that means rubber-stamping whatever El-President wants, that's okay. For these men and women, there is no electoral or personal downside to the destruction of our nation.

The 17th facilitated our slide into a nation of men, rather than laws. If restoration of freedom is the goal, there is no substitute for repeal of the 17th.

[Gaffer]

Actually, I don’t believe the Constitution is flawed, per se. It was written and adopted by men with integrity, from both sides of the ideological spectrum. It was intended to be a system of governance for honest men. We no longer have that.