The Constitution is key to upholding the values of our Country. Some people do not realize that our Country is a Republic, nor do they understand what the difference between a Democracy and a Republic truly is. To confuse matters, one only needs to tune in to CNN or MSNBC to hear the commentators refer to our country as a Democracy, but that is the narrative to coerce people to believe we are a Democracy. We are not – We are a Republic- Just like it states in our “Pledge of Allegiance”.
But what is the difference between a Democracy and a Republic?
In a Democratic or Republican system, there is a form of majority rule. By definition, a Democracy provides arbitrary power to governments, giving them the prerogative to do anything as long as “it’s what the people want”. The 51% rules over the 49% and has total control. In a Democracy there are no structures or laws that are in place to protect individual rights and the freedoms of their citizens. For instance, if you have 10 people who decide to have a vote on whether to take someone’s car, you only have to have 6 of 10 people agree to take it. It does not matter that this is stealing because Democracies are based on majority or “Mob Rule”. Despite that this is morally wrong to steal this car, it is what the majority wanted. This behavior will eventually lead to chaos. In a free society, this is unacceptable because there is no law that is followed to designate what is right from wrong.
Republican governments operate by electing officers who represent the interests of the people who are supposed to have more knowledge about politics than the average person. For example, when we hire an Attorney or an Accountant, we do so because they have experience in their fields, and we are trusting that they are looking out for us. The ‘intent’ is that politicians are trustees of the citizenry and looking out for our best interest as well.
Unfortunately, we are witnessing our country being run like a Democracy with the stream of Executive Orders from Joe Biden along with the Senate being split 50/50. Put simply, an Executive Order is a type of written instruction that presidents use to work their will through the Executive Branch of government. It essentially has the same effect as federal laws, but with the ability of bypassing Congress. Its’ original purpose was to assert Presidential War Powers and uphold laws and the Constitution, not to undo policies already put in place by previous Presidents like we are seeing it being abused today. A great example for how it is supposed to be used is when President George W. Bush issued an Executive Order combining over 40 federal law enforcement agencies and creating the Department of Homeland Security soon after the terrorist attacks on 9/11.
Joe Biden is not doing what he promised to do during his election. He claimed to be a moderate, but he lied to the American People. His actions within 60 days of being in office were the direct opposite of his promises that he made during his campaign. He is abusing his power to undo many of the policies that gave us financial independence, lower taxes, free trade, and a secure border in order to implement and fund his own radical policies. For example, his Executive Order that halted the work on the Keystone Pipeline has caused gasoline prices to increase 18% and rising . This is key to further the agenda of the Left with the “Green New Deal” in order to force Americans into using electric cars.
There is a way around the Executive Order with the use of checks and balances that were implemented into the Constitution. Congress cannot challenge an Executive Order, but it can pass a new law to override any Executive Order. Another option is that they can push through legislation that would deny any funding necessary to implement an Executive Order being that Congress has the “power of the purse”. Unfortunately, that will not happen as our current make up of Congress has a slim Democrat majority. We are stuck with Joe Biden abusing his constant use of Executive Orders until the mid-term elections in 2022.
The only tool that Republicans can use given the slim margins in both the Congress and the Senate is the Filibuster. The Filibuster is a tactic used in the US Senate to block or delay action on a bill or other measure. Once the Filibuster is enacted Senator(s) may endlessly debate an issue and essentially force conversation about the issue at hand. The key is that it also forces Cloture which requires a three fifths vote (60 of 100) of the Senate in order to end the Filibuster.
As one can only imagine the Democrats are using racism to try and eliminate the Filibuster calling it “racist” and a “Jim Crow Relic”. The mainstream media shows no shame as they parrot what the Democrats are pushing instead of stating the fact that Democrats used the Filibuster 327 times in 2020 alone in comparison to the one time it was used by Republicans last year.
With the Senate being an even split at 50/50 the Filibuster is key to stopping the Democrat agenda of forcing their will onto the people and forcing us into being a Democracy. Currently Democrats are trying to pass the infamous HR1 Bill. If passed, HR1 will throw away the States Right to control their own elections and basically wipe out Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution which guarantees a Republican form of government in each state that is individually controlled by their own governments.
We need to pay attention to what is going on in our country today. We need to heed the words of our founders like John Adams, as he once said “A Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes itself, exhaust, and murders itself, because there never was a Democracy that didn’t commit suicide.”
This is a dangerous path that Democrats are determined to lead us down.