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RE: The Long Road to Representative Government and the Rule of Law

administration that was voted to do

"preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

This is what he promised to do. It is what every president promises to do.

The founders of my country were not fools. They understood that times would bring conflict. They knew they could not foretell the future. The only thing that would stand between tyranny and representative government in all times was the Constitution.

There are ways around the judiciary. Ways around Congress. The government was designed with checks and balances. But the process is slow and deliberate. This is by design. No one person, no one entity, can decide the mechanism of government. Only the Constitution can do that.

Once the Constitution is broken, much like a glass vase, it can never be reconstituted properly again.

There is corruption everywhere and in all times. That is why the Constitution is so critical. It is a defense against the corruption of agencies and individuals. It is the one constant.

As for Joe Biden: Look closely. His student loan program was knocked down. He cancelled it. Then he instituted a new one, a different one, a program he thought would pass the Court's objections. He didn't ignore the Court. He bent to it, and tried to get around it, but he followed the law. It's irritating. It's slow, but it's the only thing that stands between us (the people of the United States) and one-man-rule, that stands between us and tyranny.

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The only thing that would stand between tyranny and representative government in all times was the Constitution.

... and the right to bear arms. Extremely important point. Without arms to defend it, the constitution is just a piece of paper.

He didn't ignore the Court. He bent to it, and tried to get around it, but he followed the law.

The result was the same though. While the technicalities differed, he ignored the principle of the ruling.

It is exactly the technicalities that matter. Process. Rule of law is all about process.

Rule of law is all about process.

I wish it was so, but I've been around long enough to know better. 😉