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In reply to the discussion: What is the right thing to do if it's determined that the Russians colluded with the Trump campaign? [View all]delisen
(7,240 posts)We need to focus not just on the "letter of the law" but also on the "spirit of the law."
The Constitution was not written with the intent that it should be a barrier achieving Justice yet many people seem to see it as such and immediately jump to the conclusion that nothing can be done because the Constitution says such and such.
Well, there is nothing in the Constitution that states that a majority leader in the Senate can devise a new rule that in the last year of a president's term the Senate must not carry out its role to advise and consent regarding the president's nominee to the Supreme Court.
Yet Mitch McConnell did exactly that. He refused to give Garland a hearing. It was a bold action that unfortunately succeeded in thwarting the intent of the Constitution.
I am interested in being as fearless and imaginative in the cause of Justice, in balancing the scales, as McConnell was in the cause of Injustice.
There is no need for us to go against the Constitution. But if Donald Trump is not a legitimate president, and Hillary is-we need to acknowledge the injustice and begin the process of setting things right.