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J_William_Ryan

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3. "...a very simple rule into the Constitution, which is called the Domestic Emoluments Clause..."

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 12:50 AM

Yesterday

Unfortunately, the Framers failed to foresee that the mechanism intended to enforce that rule would fail – the impeachment process.

That the political process would fail, that the judicial process would likewise fail.

Indeed, a comprehensive failure of democracy, the consequence of democracy's fatal flaw: the voters.

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