‘A republic, if you can keep it.’
That was Ben Franklin’s famous response when asked, as the Constitutional Convention ended in 1787, what sort of government the delegates had crafted.
Time was, I thought Franklin’s answer droll. But on July 4, 2020, I wonder. A republic depends on the rule of law.
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