Consequences for the 45 Administration

 

Our forefathers, framers of: first, the Articles of Confederation, then the US Constitution, did not detail every possible activity of, "those whom we are obliged to trust with power," because they knew it would be an enormous, contentious document that could not cover all possibilities.  They laid out the founding principles of this democratic republic for a reference to which all that might follow would adhere.

It, therefore, becomes necessary for us to formulate a means and method to deal with the challenges to the continuance of this, our democratic republic.

The Republicans in the US congress were given the chance to impeach a president in clear violation of both law and Constitutional restrictions on the office; books by former 45 administration staff reveal an awareness of the president's insufficiency to the requirements of the office held and did absolutely nothing about their 25th amendment capacity.

This is completely and utterly unacceptable!

If all these folks are not investigated, documented and held accountable for their own abandonment of oath to their office and lawless behavior, we (you, me and all the US citizens) set a precedent that is even more dangerous to our democracy than this recent, incompetent attempt at an apartheid, authoritarian regime; re-prosecution of a combat free, civil war.

There were none held to account for the civil war; insufficient consequences for the activity of the Nixon and Reagan administrations, etc... These, and other, oversights emboldened the actions of the 45 administration and the sycophant Republican party.

Nuremberg created an appropriate example of a forum to investigate, document and prosecute all the violations of Constitution and law. It should be the model that guides our actions once the President-elect and Vice President-elect are securely in the offices to which we, the voters, have elected them.

Following through with accountability for the actions that threaten our democratic republic may be the most important thing that any of us will ever do. History will document our (in)ability to do what is appropriate and necessary.