What we have endured is a "long march through the (Constitutional Republic) institutions" to - in the boiling frog sense - "fundamentally transform" them from inside;
One could argue that the process originated with the Fabian Socialists in Great Britain, and executed here by the so-called …
What we have endured is a "long march through the (Constitutional Republic) institutions" to - in the boiling frog sense - "fundamentally transform" them from inside;
One could argue that the process originated with the Fabian Socialists in Great Britain, and executed here by the so-called "Progressives";
The first Progressive President (Woodrow Wilson) disdained our Constitution, and built a foundation for FDR by installing the (unconstitutional) Federal Reserve, the income tax and direct election of U.S. Senators;
FDR didn't let a "good crisis go to waste" (the Great Depression, arguably caused by the Federal Reserve) and brought us the "alphabet agencies" of the administrative state. LBJ later gave that a second leap forward in the 1960's, and then Nixon put a cherry on top (EPA and OSHA, for example);
FDR's program was at first declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. It later "took a knee" after FDR threatened it with a "court packing" threat.
As Mr. Martin opines, much if not all of the administrative state should be declared unconstitutional. Whether the current john Roberts U.S. Supreme Court is prepared to reinstate our Constitutional is not something to be counted on.*
*I've wondered to myself if such litigation should await, e.g., release of the Epstein client list and other disclosures. I can imagine a scenario where suddenly President Trump has multiple post-resignation Supreme Court nominations to process, and with "lessons learned" from his first term, would vet to ensure Justices with fealty to our Constitution.
Completely agree. And also, as to the Supreme Court, I really do think we have five votes even if not six. But as always, it's going to depend on the case.
May I humbly offer a few additional observations:
What we have endured is a "long march through the (Constitutional Republic) institutions" to - in the boiling frog sense - "fundamentally transform" them from inside;
One could argue that the process originated with the Fabian Socialists in Great Britain, and executed here by the so-called "Progressives";
The first Progressive President (Woodrow Wilson) disdained our Constitution, and built a foundation for FDR by installing the (unconstitutional) Federal Reserve, the income tax and direct election of U.S. Senators;
Wilson embraced the concept of an unelected, unaccountable administrative state (see, e.g., "Philip Dru Administrator" https://robertwelchuniversity.org/PhilipDru-final.pdf );
FDR didn't let a "good crisis go to waste" (the Great Depression, arguably caused by the Federal Reserve) and brought us the "alphabet agencies" of the administrative state. LBJ later gave that a second leap forward in the 1960's, and then Nixon put a cherry on top (EPA and OSHA, for example);
FDR's program was at first declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. It later "took a knee" after FDR threatened it with a "court packing" threat.
As Mr. Martin opines, much if not all of the administrative state should be declared unconstitutional. Whether the current john Roberts U.S. Supreme Court is prepared to reinstate our Constitutional is not something to be counted on.*
*I've wondered to myself if such litigation should await, e.g., release of the Epstein client list and other disclosures. I can imagine a scenario where suddenly President Trump has multiple post-resignation Supreme Court nominations to process, and with "lessons learned" from his first term, would vet to ensure Justices with fealty to our Constitution.
Completely agree. And also, as to the Supreme Court, I really do think we have five votes even if not six. But as always, it's going to depend on the case.