constitutional government

This genuinely terrifying prospect is the primary reason why anyone who cares about the rule of law—the central pillar of constitutional government—should reject Gaetz.

But it also ought to be a powerful consideration in the private deliberations of Senate Republicans, even if they don’t give a fig for constitutional government.

The question of whether one-party rule can be reconciled with the Founders’ vision of constitutional government will face another test if the president-elect successfully presses the Congress to recess so he can appoint to his Cabinet people about whom even many Republican senators have grave reservations.

However, that assumes that members of political parties respect the norms of constitutional government and display greater loyalty to the prerogatives of the branches of government in which they serve than their political party.

“Earlier this month,” Morelle said, “the Supreme Court of the United States undermined not just the foundation of our constitutional government, but the foundation of our democracy. At its core, our nation relies on the principle that no American stands above another in the eyes of the law.”