I’ve made the point several times now. We live in a constitutional democracy, but many of the first line (and last line) protections are not enforceable laws, but rather, agreements made among people who all want to live in and respect a constitutional democracy.<\/p>\n
But if a large enough cadre of members of Congress, a gaggle of highly placed judges, or a President decide to act in a way that conflicts with those conventions, they can actually get away with quite a bit.<\/p>\n
The US Congress is run by such a cadre, pretending to engage in a democracy but willing to break the non-enforceable laws whenever that suits them. Since the Congress is a key check on the President, this lets the President get away with whatever he wants. In this case, this means that the Congressional overisight of the Executive is non existent or hampered, faked, or even compliant with the Executive’s agenda. We are seeing that now with Congress attacking the investigators.<\/p>\n
Over the last few months it has become apparent that the only powerful force, other than the people themselves (and they are powerful) putting a check on Trump is the press, and Trump has been acting to wear that down. Plus, women. The women were the first to march against Trump, and he’s going to put them down too.<\/p>\n
And so, this morning’s tweets:<\/p>\n
\nWord is that @Greta<\/a> Van Susteren was let go by her out of control bosses at @NBC<\/a> & @Comcast<\/a> because she refused to go along w\/ 'Trump hate!'<\/p>\n
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n