Nancy Pelosi’s Impeachment Banana Republic
Excerpt: But unlike real republics, this one is not designed to defeat the singular bane of democracy that our Founders dreaded, that inevitable dynamic of unchecked majority rule that they most feared—namely, “majority faction.” Rather, it is designed to enshrine it. It is an audition for the California-style, one-party government that Pelosi hopes to sell to the American people in 2020 on the basis of its frightening efficiency—not to mention her personal cleverness in sticking it to Trump. And they can get away with it because the Constitution says “the House shall have sole power of Impeachment.” There really aren’t clear rules about precisely how the House of Representatives has to perform this function. So it’s all the more important to see precisely how the House engages its duty in each case. If you take a step back and consider the actual process described in the resolution, the House Democrats are driving a Mack truck through the impeachment clause and attempting something so politically ambitious, one is almost impressed by their diabolical genius. [This is an upsetting way to look at the whole “impeachment process.” That it might be correct should be shocking, but it won’t be. Ron P.]
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