Reply #58: . . .and Congress is our voice. Contrary to what. . . [View All]

[pat_k]

. . .Contrary to what the new American fascists would have us believe, the three branches of Government DO NOT share power equally.

When we established this nation and set forth its constitution, we yielded NONE of our Sovereignty to ANY institution we created, but we did vest more power in Congress -- our voice -- than in the Judiciary or the Executive.

How do we know we gave Congress more power? Simple. We gave Congress the Power to Impeach the President and members of the Judiciary. (The President or the Judiciary Can't Impeach Congress).

Over and over, members of Congress have been derelict in their sworn Constitutional duty by allowing "technical" or "legal" arguments and rationalizations trump reality. In their cowardice, members are looking to the courts to pass judgments that are theirs and theirs alone. They did it when they failed to reject the Florida electors on 1/6/01. They did it when they failed to reject the Ohio electors on 1/6/05. They continue to rationalize their failure to move to impeach by saying "we must wait for the courts to weigh in."

We gave them, not the courts, the duty to stand in judgment of the electors on January 6th, and thus protect us against stolen Presidential elections.

We gave them, not the courts, the duty to protect us against the subversion of our constitutional democracy by our chief executive.

Their judgment of electors or Presidential actions is of necessity not bound by judicial action or the cynical misuse of the courts. If their duty was to apply the letter of the law they would have no role. We would have given the judiciary these duties.

Each them must make their own moral decision grounded in the intent, not the letter, of the law; a decision that upholds the principle of consent.

They are called upon to take action, even if they stand alone. Each member must choose: act to stop the subversion or be complicit in it.

Impeachment IS our positive agenda. What could be more positive than reminding each other:

• that the Constitution is a contract among ourselves;
• that we yielded NONE of our collective sovereignty to ANY institution we established;
• that we gave NO party to the contract the right to usurp or surrender our collective sovereignty.

When high officials in the Executive or Judiciary are subverting the Constitution, our representatives in Congress are sworn to act, whatever the consequences. ("Fiat Justitia, Ruat Coelum" -- "Let Justice Be Done, Though the Heavens Fall")