She does sum it up rather neatly, but her article was entitled “End of an Empire,” not “End of a Constitutional Republic,” as you said.
I like your title better (and wish it was true), but many of our problems have stemmed from this country’s foray into empire building. When Rome went from a republic to an empire, along with the advent of the Caesars, things started going very poorly for them, as everyone wants to defeat an empire.
Will we have a Caesar? Who will be our first Caesar?
When Rome went from a republic to an empire, along with the advent of the Caesars, things started going very poorly for them, as everyone wants to defeat an empire. Will we have a Caesar? Who will be our first Caesar?
***Historians traditionally count the end of the Roman republic when Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon river and said, “the die is cast”.
I think historians will count the end of the American republic when the Supreme Court didn’t do the job it is hired to do, not investigating the eligibility of candidate 0bama. They took a pass on it because they didn’t want a political shiite storm, in other words due to politics. This is exactly why they are given lifetime appointments, so that political calculations do not enter into their decision making process. The American republic has been exhibiting death rattles ever since that day. Last week’s election was one of those convulsions.