Having wrested hard-won independence from a monarch, the founders of our nation sought to form a new union where executive power was constrained by other branches of government. They did so knowing that men are not angels, and believing that through a system of checks and balances that set “ambition against ambition,” a fledgling democracy could survive, even thrive.
That beautiful construct has been put to the test by a president who neither understands nor respects our constitutional scheme or the value of democratic governance.
Read the rest of Rep. Schiff’s op-ed at The Los Angeles Times.
