The Constitution vs. Reality
27th January 2019
The author makes (at length) the strong point that there is no system of government that can be created that will absolutely ensure that it will work in the face of bad faith on the part of those acting within that system. The old Soviet Union Constitution was a marvel of democracy and human rights, and had no effect on the government because the men in government just ignored it, and the populace bore with it — until they didn’t, at which point it all came tumbling down. Thus it will be with our system. If people don’t push back at those who ignore the safeguards built into the system, then those safeguards might just as well not exist.