William Lindsey :toad: on Nostr: "Every hesitation, reservation, and exhortation to “make an exception” because of ...
"Every hesitation, reservation, and exhortation to “make an exception” because of potential violence or political chaos is an invitation to abandon the Constitution. We do so at our grave peril and possibly for the first, last, and only time—because if we set our great charter aside once, there is no logical stopping point for setting it aside again when it serves the pleasure of a president who views the Constitution as an obstacle rather than a safeguard."
#Constitution #insurrection
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