Our fourth branch of government is saving us

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Our fourth branch of government is saving us
There is only one reason why our country has survived this terrible storm of political lawlessness

By Lucian K. Truscott IV
Columnist
Published May 6, 2025 9:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) When Donald Trump appeared on a national television program and told “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker that he does not know whether he is compelled as president to uphold the Constitution, America was hit with an unforeseen and unprecedented question: Just how far gone are we as a country?

The answer is, pretty far.

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How has our country survived this terrible storm of political lawlessness? Elected officials in the Congress and the judges and justices in our courts have imposed order on those who would strip our democracy of its meaning and function.

It happened when the Congress stood up to Nixon and, threatening impeachment, forced his resignation. But it didn’t happen when George W. Bush was forcing us with one lie after another into two wars we should never have waged. It didn’t happen when the Department of Justice attempted to investigate the corrupt first campaign of Donald Trump with the office of Special Counsel run by Robert Mueller. It didn’t happen when twice the House of Representatives brought articles of impeachment against Donald Trump and the Senate refused to convict. It didn’t happen when an out-of-control Supreme Court decided in U.S. v. Trump that this president, and indeed future presidents, have a virtually unlimited immunity from prosecution not just for official actions taken while serving, but for many actions taken after leaving office.

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And people are sufficiently unhappy with the direction Donald Trump wants to take the country that they have engaged in twice as many street protests against Trump and his policies than there were in the first 100 days of Trump’s first term in office. According to The Guardian, in the month of February alone, there were 2,085 protests. There are reports that protests at town halls held by Republican members of Congress have caused the Republican leadership to tell members to cancel town halls or restrict admission to supporters only. ..............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/05/06/our-fourth-branch-of-government-is-saving-us/