We live in a country that indulges in a lot of pomp and celebration around veterans both dead and alive. If you’ve gone to any major league baseball game, or NFL contest in the past ten years you know what I’m talking about. Celebrating veterans and waving the flag is a national pastime. Funding veterans programs, helping combat vets with PTSD…not so much. We like the idea of veterans, not the bum veterans grubbing for services.
Similarly, we love the idea of the Constitution. The actual Constitution, oh we’ve heard of it. Does it having any standing in a country in which the President’s son in law is above the law? I don’t think so, but we’ll see.
This time next year we’ll know if the Constitution still holds sway. We’ll know if the founder’s work was durable enough to stand up to the ongoing assaults that Republicans have in store for it. So enjoy your summer, but be ready to go. This is the watershed moment. Are we worthy of our inheritance? Do we have the courage and guts of our forefathers and foremothers? Time will tell.
