Charlie Pierce plants one deep in the
bleachers this morning, reviewing the
care and circumspection with which the signers of the Declaration of
Independence thought through their use of the word "tyrant"
to describe the obviously-tyrannical George III – and comparing
that with yesterday's morally feckless, intellectually sloppy, and
politically expedient party-line vote by House Republicans to sue
President Obama for alleged offenses against the Constitution, offenses which,
if true, ought to require them as a matter of law and conscience (!) to
begin impeachment hearings by tiffin tomorrow.
I haven't yet located the full text of
the resolution authorizing the House GOP's Impeachment Lite lawsuit,
but we can safely assume that, when I do, the words "we mutually
pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor" will be
nowhere in evidence.
Pierce's essay, "Words Matter,"
is going in the p3
Readings list.
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