Please watch AG Bill Barr in a speech before the Federalist Society deliver a civics lesson to the functionally illiterate mainstream press (NYT, WaPO, Mother Jones, Slate, etc.) and the entirety of the Democratic Party.
Particularly galling for them was Barr’s recognition of the Constitution’s construction of a “unitary executive”. During his confirmation hearings, he invoked the words and Democratic senators in their ignorance tried to demote the idea to a mere “theory”. It isn’t a theory. As Barr says, and he’s right, it’s a word-for-word reading of Article II. “Unitary executive” encapsulates Article II. That this has to be stated speaks volumes about the state of education and politics in modern America.
He goes further by describing the “Resistance” as, in essence, a rebellion against the Constitution. The goal of the “Resistance” is to prevent the lawful (meaning Constitutional) functioning of the executive branch. No peaceful transfer of power for them. Conducting themselves in this way, they have much in common with the Taliban and every other insurgency that we’ve faced over the past 50 years. The “Resistance” has yet to embrace terrorism, but if Trump gets a second term, Katie bar the door.
Again, take the time to watch and listen to the speech and see what the press and our textbooks are ignorant of.
RogerG