The question facing the United States today is whether we can continue to govern ourselves under our existing processes, processes that allow two political factions that are unable to reconcile fundamental differences to each veto must-pass legislation or whether the American consensus has once again broken down to the point that we must rethink founding principles. Constitutional change is disruptive, so it should not be invoked if the Republican Party is willing to return to the democratic norms that allowed our nation to function for generations. If they persist with extremism in defense of what only they view as liberty, however, then our current system of government is not built to withstand that kind of stress.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 03:56:35 +0000
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