A Banana Republic, Unless We Stop It
At the close of the 1787 Philadelphia Convention that gave us the U.S. Constitution, Benjamin Franklin, as the story goes, was asked by a woman what sort of government the delegates had given the new nation. “A republic, if you can keep it,” was his response.
The American Republic was set up as a nation based on the rule of law, rather than the rule of men. The phrase “if you can keep it” wisely proclaims that a peaceful, ordered society based on the rule of law and its impartial application is not a given — it must be jealously guarded and maintained by a well-informed, politically active citizenry.
For many, but not all, on the Left, the indictment of former President Donald Trump for the alleged payment of hush money through one of his lawyers, and failure to report the alleged payment properly, proves that “no one is above the law.” For others, it represents the breaking down of the rule of law and is a “witch hunt” designed to destroy a political opponent.
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