Yes, I expect our republic to follow its laws. If it does not then we no longer live in the Republic of our founders.
Don’t you expect our government to operate within the laws?
I want our government to operate within the law just as I want the Catholic Church to follow God's laws, but should we really expect that at all times in history? Our leaders are what the voters have chosen, and today's leaders are not even as good as the Popes of the late 1400s and early 1500s. The fact is that our leaders will not follow the law, nor will they enforce the law if that reduces their own personal power. I'm disappointed in our politicians, both for their corruption and for their failure even to be embarrassed by their lack of ethics, but I accept reality as it is. I also hope to see that reality change, to see America once again embrace integrity and morality.
In 1517, Martin Luthor indicted the Church with his 95 Theses, allegedly nailed to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. While that action led to a schism and the formation of the Lutheran Church, I think it was also a major contributor to the Catholic Church's return to a more moral stance. America needs a Martin Luthor, soon, but until he appears I will only expect what experience has shown we should expect. In the case of the Democrats in the House and the Senate, that is a revolting level of partisanship and corruption. They will not enforce the law or the Constitution. We have to deal with that sad reality until we are able to expose it and change it.