Author: craigcrawford

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The Constitutional Crisis Is Here

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have arrogated congressional power to themselves.

“The true urgent cause is to return that power to the legislature before the damage becomes irreversible.” — The Atlantic’s Jonathan Chait

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“Sometimes a constitutional crisis sneaks up on you, shrouded in darkness, revealing itself gradually. Other times it announces itself dramatically. Elon Musk, to whom Donald Trump has delegated the task of neutering the congressional spending authority laid out in Article I of the Constitution, could hardly be more obvious about his intentions if he rode into Washington on a horse trailed by Roman legions”.

This Is How Dictatorship Begins
DOJ Says Trump Administration Doesn’t Have to Follow Court Order Halting Funding Freeze — Democracy Docket

“The focus has to be on Republicans right now and why they have been completely and utterly silenced. I do not want all of the pressure to be on Democrats to figure this out when Republicans should care just as much about democracy as Democrats do.” — Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.

If Destruction Be Lot, It’s Our Fault

This day being the anniversary of Lincoln’s Lyceum address let’s ponder “The Perpetuation Of Our Political Institutions”:

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

Abraham Lincoln’s Lyceum Address