Our nation has been deeply divided for some time and that division is growing even deeper. Much of this division has occurred because our political leaders have untethered our laws, policies and regulations from the law of the land, our Constitution.
But
as bad as this rejection of our Constitution has been by Congress and
the President, We the People have still possessed the ability to hold
our politicians accountable to our founding document and principles,
every two or four years.
But there remain two threats to the rule of law beyond the Executive and Congressional branches. One obvious. Another not so.
In
many banana republics around the globe, cruel and unjust dictators are
oftentimes deposed via a military coup d’etat — an armed overthrow of a
government. It’s interesting to look at the meaning of this French
word. According to Wikipedia, coup d’etat is sometimes translated
as “blow of the state” or “hit of state” but the literal translation is
“stroke of the state” — as in the wiping or stroke of a sword.
To
date our nation has never faced a military coup d’etat. This first
threat, while a potential, has never been considered a likely one in our
Constitutional Republic.
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