Wednesday, January 6, 2021

 Do the US Constitution's Provisions for Impeachment Imply a Bottom Line?

Does Article 25 of the Amendment to the Constitution Have a Bottom Line?

Does Congress Have a Bottom Line?  Do Nancy and Chuck and Mitch Have Bottom Lines?

Do We the People Have a Bottom Line?  Do You Have A Bottom Line?

Until recently the attack from Trumpolandia was against the hypocrisies of our political system.  Agree or disagree with the specifics, reasonable people have been persuaded for four years that perhaps our institutions needed a shake-up; if you didn't like it the remedy was the electoral process in 2020.  But we were warned from the beginning that attack was also against the the core machinery of democracy, and possibly against a true count of the votes in 2020.

Today the attack was not just an act of disrespect against the institutions of our government, and against the election machinery which forms the rock-bottom core of our system.  It was an assault on the physical home, and the ceremonial actions of democracy taking place at that moment within that home, which holds the chalice of our experience as Americans.  The breach was seen around the world.  The insult could not be more naked or more pointed.

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