WHAT IS AMERICA’S RUBICON? —“What is America’s metaphorical Rubicon?”—Brad L

WHAT IS AMERICA’S RUBICON?

—“What is America’s metaphorical Rubicon?”—Brad Lundgren

by Dmitry Chernov

Constitutional Crisis. Several examples. Jackson defying the Supreme Court to remove the Cherokee. Lincoln arresting the legislators in Maryland to prevent Secession (actually a variety of actions he took.) In theory, Nixon’s firing of Cox – but since Nixon was Pardoned it simply doesn’t matter there. Ditto Lincoln who kept the country together and no one would think of prosecuting realistically, and Jackson who lived in an era well before those kinds of checks were really well-developed and acted decisively in his Executive Authority in spite of High Court squeamish attempts at interference. We’re approaching that again. The question is does Trump fulfill the promise of Trump, or try to make a deal with the deep state?