The U.S. Constitution was our founding fathers’ best effort to create a system where the “will of the people” could prevail. They established a congress of representatives of the people to provide that will. Of course, that only yielded the will of the congressional majority not of all people. Still, that was greatly preferred over the will of a monarch or ambitious president.
How ironic, then today, when “all the president’s men” and women quickly accuse federal judges of thwarting “the will of the people” when they rule against orders by our would-be autocrat President Donald Trump. “Each injunction is an abuse of the rule of law and an attempt to thwart the will of the people,” proclaimed Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt recently. It’s time to call BS on that. Without a supporting act of congress, Trump’s orders simply represent his will and that of his minions. Indeed, his orders are no more the will of the people than were Joe Biden’s orders. Perhaps less. Trump won the 2024 presidential election with 49.8% of the total vote, a plurality. Biden won the 2020 election with 51.3%, a majority.
Our constitution represents the best example of an enduring will of the people. One month and 236 years ago nine of 13 states ratified the new constitution putting it into effect. By 1790, the remaining states also voted to ratify thereby providing unanimous state support. Very little in government these days gets unanimous support. Consider Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” his top priority. It passed the congress by the slimmest of margins yet represents the current will of the majority in congress. When implementing the bill’s provisions, Trump and minions can lay claim to the will of the people as determined constitutionally by the congress. Still to come is the expected showdown between Trump and the constitution regarding Trump orders lacking congressional authority. The U.S. Supreme Court will be required to choose between Trump’s current will and the enduring will embodied in the text of the constitution. Among those may be a Trump challenge to the so-called spending clause in Article I that relegates spending power to the congress; impounding funds authorized by congress would be the cause. Another may be Trump’s attempt to revise birthright citizenship as set forth in the 14th Amendment. A third could come from a Trump decision to seek a third term as president in contravention of the 22nd Amendment. And so on. Let us hope that judges will continue to uphold the enduring will of the constitution. “Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment” – Romans 12:3. Crawford is the author of A Republican’s Lament: Mississippi Needs Good Government Conservatives.
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Our Founders thought Mayors would represent citizens in villages, towns and cities, Governors would represent citizens in states, and a President would represent all the citizens. They created an independent and unbiased judiciary . They knew "blind justice" is critical to freedom. Indeed, legally we still shouldn't know the " party" of those judges who are elected. We are not like European "city states" , we are a Union of all the States United. And they specifically and rightly noted the threat of two strong political " factions". Now we seem to want a King who creates princes and dukes and attacks anyone who doesn't "bend the knee" to him.
I propose that we dont engage or interact with Bill Crawford’s content. Just ignore him. He is irrelevant. I honestly recommend Tucker Carlson.
as an atheist, I should not have to defend what Jesus stood for more than Christians
the Matrix like moral shape shifting of MAGA is amazing , keep licking his boots nothing to see here ...
Mississippi is full of christians in name only , they go to church for the social BS (there's F-all to do here on Sunday )
God, why do you torture us with this drivel KF? Crawford has no experience in understanding the Separation of Powers clause, and the roles an responsibilities of each. The Judiciary was made as the weakest branch to avoid judicial tyranny. It has not way of actually enforcing a single ruling unless the will of the people trust it. Congress is a Republican based representative body because....see the end quote by BF. The Executive branch is the FUNCTIONAL branch that carries out the laws and service for the people, and thus has the most authority and power.
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb arguing over what's for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb". - Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Crawford is nothing but a shit-stirrer for circulation of his BS.
Who rattled Bill's cage?
Bill, your beloved New Deal leftie was president for FOUR (4) terms.
The rise of Donald Trump simply represents the true inclination of all people towards a monarchy. The experiment of "democracy" will work only on a very limited basis. Very limited. Democracy is being phased out by the will of the people. So in a very real sense, the will of Trump IS the will of the people. They have chosen him to do the thinking. Like all chosen monarchs his ability to think is always in question.
TDS has become a precept of the judiciary dictating/imposing unvoted legislation on a national scope from their little District benches. SCOTUS is negligent in permitting this tyranny to continue to stomp loudly in small shoes.
The executive branch runs the day to day operation of government. The members of the executive branch are sworn to loyalty to Donald Trump. Simple as that. If they cross Trump, no matter what they think their constitutional role might be, they are out. That's where we are. Are we not?
I guess I finally experienced the infamous JJ censorship for myself. Weird.
Athiests are the biggest group half-wit, smooth brains of all. You will never find a single successful or powerful admitted athiest. All successful people believe in a higher power, have faith, learn and practice the lessons learned from their scripture. and most i portsntly, successful people practice self disipline. Athiests are nearly always selfish slobs who lack self-disipline. Athiests believe they are smarter than everyone (when they are fools) and are just high on themselves. Sven if you dont believe in the Judeo-Christian God, you can’t deny the wisdom in the scriptures.
High Jackassery.
"as an atheist", why does it bother you if there are hypocrites walking freely? Bless your heart.
Many of the Clinton, Obama and Biden federal district judges hate Trump and rule the way the President who appointed them desire.
Crawford does nothing but stir shit. He actually believes these 'articles' are a pathway to relevance. I suggest he take up a real hobby. Maybe counting cracks in the sidewalk.
Trump was elected by the people and his popularity is strong. If he could serve another term (Obama has has three), he would be reelected easily.
I will now yield to the Tom Head wing of the blog.
Goes back to the old testament. Preach!
Can we sign Bill up for a 10th grade government civics class somewhere? Or do schools even teach that anymore?
“Those who cannot remember history, are condemned to repeat it.”
*tips fedora* lmao 🤣 reddit moment😭 @10:56
@1251
No one swears loyalty to the President as part of his or her job. Life is easier being a yes man, I suppose. Taking it straight like you must.
Crawford is modern-day political Luddite. He couldn't be more behind the times and irrelevant.
@10:39 recommends Tucker Carlson, an out-of-the closet antisemite who raves about the wonders of Russian grocery stores & the leadership of Hungary’s Victor Orban.
This is what 10 years of Trump has given us: willfully ignorant Americans, proud of their abject stupidity.
You cultists are anything but “conservative.”
@6:35 - you would have been correct, up until 2025. Appointees of this administration have had to sign loyalty oaths to the President - and while some might find this to be abhorant, there is nothing illegal about it since there is no entitlement to the job/positions that are classified as Schedule C or SES political appointments.
Carl Marx, Lenin and Stalin were also atheist
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