Source: Common Dreams
by Alan Singer
“The U.S. Constitution is very specific about the powers of Congress and very vague about the powers of the president and the judiciary. While the authors of the nation’s founding documents were explicit that power had to be divided between three coequal branches, the legislative, executive, and judicial, they did not anticipate the authoritarianism of President Donald Trump, the cowardice of congressional representatives beholden to a populist demagogue for endorsements and campaign funds, nor the reactionary ideology of a right-wing Supreme Court. It is not fair to blame the founders for events 250 into the future, with the United States in the midst of a major constitutional crisis. In 1787, Benjamin Franklin placed the responsibility for upholding the Constitution on future generations when he warned that the new government is ‘A republic, if you can keep it.'” (03/26/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/founders-trump-authoritarianism