Gerald R. Ford became president on Aug. 9, 1974, and told the nation weary of scandal, “Our Constitution works.”
It did then. It is working now as the House select committee assigned to get to the truth behind the 1/6 insurrection slogs on in its quest.
A president resigned in disgrace and President Ford took control just as the Constitution prescribes. A future president summoned a traitorous mob to “take back our government” on 1/6 and sought to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The Constitution gives the speaker of the House the sole authority to appoint a committee to examine that horrible event. Speaker Nancy Pelosi followed the Constitution, and we now are watching that panel continue on its journey.
Where the committee concludes remains to be seen. I have my hope for what I want to see happen. If that hope doesn’t come true, then I am going to accept the panel’s findings, given that it is legally constituted and has done its duty as it sees fit.
Thus, we are witnessing in real time once again the durability and strength of the nation’s governing framework.
Those framers were smart men … don’t you think?