Tag: Constitutional crises

• Our constitutional crisis has arrived

  With the Senate’s “exoneration” of Donald Trump last week, and his subsequent but wholly predictable reaction to it, our constitutional crisis has now formally arrived. I’ve been warning about it for years, twice in 2016 alone, but it’s now here. Unfortunately, there is no knight in shining armor to save us. Turmoil and a likely…

  Mark

  February 10, 2020

  Politics 2020

  Adam Schiff, Bill Barr, Constitutional crises, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Friday Night Massacre, Gordon Sondland, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, Republicans, Rudy Guiliani

• The 25th Amendment remedy to remove Trump is looking more probable

  In case it’s not obvious, we are amidst a current constitutional crisis. It’s only not a constitutional crisis if you are perfectly okay with authoritarianism over the rule of law or are fine with one branch of government refusing to hold the other accountable. If that’s you, then you don’t believe in our constitutional government.…

  Mark

  September 7, 2018

  Politics 2018

  25th Amendment, Constitutional crises, Donald Trump, Election 2018, Impeachment, Jim Mattis, Mike Pence, Republicans

• Constitutional crisis dead ahead

  Like many of you I woke up November 9 feeling nauseous, upset and wanting desperately to hide under my pillow. Actually, I didn’t sleep on election night. I tried but it just didn’t work. My heart was racing like a freight train. I didn’t have a stethoscope, but I’m sure my heart was skipping beats.…

  Mark

  November 24, 2016

  Politics 2016

  Constitutional crises, Donald Trump, John McCain, Republicans, Richard Nixon, Sinclair Lewis