One satisfying feature of the impeachment drama is the outbreak among Democrats of enthusiasm for the Constitution.
The left seemed to detest the Constitution and the white male nationalists who wrote it.
Liberals, after all, had won some of their greatest causes by wielding the Constitution and its Bill of Rights.
School desegregation, free speech, restrictions on public prayer, the right to abortion-these were among the liberal causes won by wrestling on the bedrock of the American constitution.
Salon headlined a piece, "Let's stop pretending the Constitution is sacred," and illustrated it with a photo of a protest sign: "I Believe in the Constitution. I'm a 'Right-Wing Extremist.'" The Daily Kos later called the reading the "Most boring circus ever."
Today you can't open your browser without seeing Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her camarilla kvelling about the Constitution.
Mr. Trump's wrongdoing, Mrs. Pelosi averred, "Strikes at the very heart of our Constitution: a separation of powers, three coequal branches, each a check and balance on the other." She may not have proffered any evidence, but it was nice to hear her quoting the Constitution in Republican terms.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-rediscover-the-constitution-11575837775?mod=hp_opin_pos_1
The left seemed to detest the Constitution and the white male nationalists who wrote it.
Liberals, after all, had won some of their greatest causes by wielding the Constitution and its Bill of Rights.
School desegregation, free speech, restrictions on public prayer, the right to abortion-these were among the liberal causes won by wrestling on the bedrock of the American constitution.
Salon headlined a piece, "Let's stop pretending the Constitution is sacred," and illustrated it with a photo of a protest sign: "I Believe in the Constitution. I'm a 'Right-Wing Extremist.'" The Daily Kos later called the reading the "Most boring circus ever."
Today you can't open your browser without seeing Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her camarilla kvelling about the Constitution.
Mr. Trump's wrongdoing, Mrs. Pelosi averred, "Strikes at the very heart of our Constitution: a separation of powers, three coequal branches, each a check and balance on the other." She may not have proffered any evidence, but it was nice to hear her quoting the Constitution in Republican terms.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-rediscover-the-constitution-11575837775?mod=hp_opin_pos_1
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