It seems that we have almost become immured to the blatant chicanery of this regime. To parade the circuit court in front of the Senate Hearings and endorse this man who has, almost consistently voiced minority opinion and pro-business and anti-individual rulings is not only unprecedented, but stunning in its chutzpah. As long as we keep letting them get away with it they will keep subverting our rights, our system and the constitution that the country is built on. The Democratic caucus has to stand on the principles defined by the Bill of Rights and push for a filibuster. To be afraid of being seen to be on the losing side of the issue is no excuse for doing what is right. Sadly, and carefully as a foreigner, I have to say that the current situation almost highlights the inconsistencies and faults in our political system that the framers, it seems, did not envision 230 years ago.
As, little by little, small chips are taken out of the structure of our country we risk leaving to our children a system that is beyond redemption and irretrievably broken. No-one can complain about one party being in control of the three branches of government, but the perfect storm of; a disinterested, distracted and uninformed populace; a regime willing to push the envelope by small degree towards – yes – totalitarianism; a congress not willing to do its job of oversight; and a fourth estate more concerned with ratings than its constitutional duty, leads me to sadly conclude that we need to "...hang together, or most assuredly we will hang separately".
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