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Protecting and defending the Constitution is up to us, "We, the people."
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2025/03/protecting-and-defending-constitution.htmlIt does not look like the Democratic party, which would logically be the most likely source of resistance to Trump's attempt to subvert the Constitution and establish a Christian nationalist dictatorship, using the Project 2025 playbook, is going to have strong, decisive leadership anytime soon. We saw that in the vote taken yesterday, March 14, on cloture in the Senate, moving forward with the continuing resolution that Trump wanted.
Frankly, we've been seeing this for a while, now. The rhetoric is there, "Trump is an existential threat to democracy," "Trump is making an end run around the constitution," "Trump is....Trump, Trump, Trump." But when decisive action has been possible, caution and avoiding the appearance of politics has been the practice. We have Democratic politicians who say they are defending American constitutional democracy, but their actions say they are looking to protect their own position and they aren't going to take any risks to protect and defend the Constitution if it might cost them some votes down the road.
I took the time to make a bunch of phone calls last week, and found out that some members of the Senate won't take calls or emails from residents of another state. I realize that their electoral support comes from within their state, but the boundaries that run along the ground, separating political entities, don't change the fact that we are all their constituents, and they represent all of us. It's our republic, and they are serving there at our pleasure. That's we, the people of the United States. Finding this out was as big a disappointment as seeing Democratic members of the senate cave in to the whims of Trump and Musk.
If they are "protecting and defending" the Constitution, then how is this unconstitutional intruder still there?
Frankly, we've been seeing this for a while, now. The rhetoric is there, "Trump is an existential threat to democracy," "Trump is making an end run around the constitution," "Trump is....Trump, Trump, Trump." But when decisive action has been possible, caution and avoiding the appearance of politics has been the practice. We have Democratic politicians who say they are defending American constitutional democracy, but their actions say they are looking to protect their own position and they aren't going to take any risks to protect and defend the Constitution if it might cost them some votes down the road.
I took the time to make a bunch of phone calls last week, and found out that some members of the Senate won't take calls or emails from residents of another state. I realize that their electoral support comes from within their state, but the boundaries that run along the ground, separating political entities, don't change the fact that we are all their constituents, and they represent all of us. It's our republic, and they are serving there at our pleasure. That's we, the people of the United States. Finding this out was as big a disappointment as seeing Democratic members of the senate cave in to the whims of Trump and Musk.
If they are "protecting and defending" the Constitution, then how is this unconstitutional intruder still there?
So, we didn't get protecting the Constitution in spite of the political risks from Democrats in the Senate. That's a sign of what we are in for over the course of the next two years from our political leaders in Washington, at least, in the Senate. Apparently, not all of the elected Senate Democrats see Trump as an existential threat to Democracy, or they are more concerned with their office, their dinner parties, expense accounts, and protecting their own power than they are about what is happening to the American people.
The House Democrats, on the other hand, were very clear about where they stood. With just one exception, House Democrats said "NO!" to this continuing resolution, in which they had no part in putting together, and the razor thin margin the Republicans have is going to be a problem down the road when bigger issues that don't have guaranteed unanimous Republican support come up. Give the credit for that to Hakeem Jeffries, and also to some members who were very bold and right out front on this issue, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Jasmine Crockett.
The House Democrats, on the other hand, were very clear about where they stood. With just one exception, House Democrats said "NO!" to this continuing resolution, in which they had no part in putting together, and the razor thin margin the Republicans have is going to be a problem down the road when bigger issues that don't have guaranteed unanimous Republican support come up. Give the credit for that to Hakeem Jeffries, and also to some members who were very bold and right out front on this issue, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Jasmine Crockett.