“A republic, if you can keep it.”
― 81-year-old Benjamin Franklin’s response to the question: “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” at the Constitutional Convention in 1787
Even before the live viewing of Grumpy Old Men Pt. 2 — oh, sorry, the debate — and the alarming decisions handed down by the Supreme Court this week that undermine the system of checks and balances established by the framers of the…