Can Americans Trust Their Government?

The liberty principle for this Freedom Friday concerns how much trust the citizens can have for their government. The Founders of the United States of America organized and set up the foundation for a democratic republic. The U.S. Constitution divided governmental power into three branches – executive, legislative, and judicial – to provide checks and balances against a tyrannical government.

Such steps were taken to enable the citizens to maintain control of their government. The Bill of Rights was added to guarantee certain freedoms for the citizens. The Constitution did not provide rights, such as freedom of religion and Second Amendment rights, but guaranteed protection of rights from abuse by the government. As Abraham Lincoln stated, it was to be a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

The government set up by the Constitution was nearly perfect, or as perfect as it could be made by mere mortals. Where there was less perfection, amendments were made to make corrections. If the three branches had remained as separate entities, there would be fewer problems for our day. Instead of being checks and balances against abuse in other branches, executives, congressional members, and judges joined together to take power from the people.

This weakening of the Constitution has brought our republic to the constitutional crisis that we have today where one administration works against a future administration and/or prosecutes a previous administration.

With declassification of records taking place on nearly a daily basis, Americans are being told that the Obama administration set traps for the first Trump administration and that Obama even ordered the assassination of Trump. Then the Biden administration prosecuted Trump and members of his administration, some of whom spent time in prison. Now the second Trump administration is claiming that Obama led a coup against Trump, and the Department of Justice is investigating to determine if prosecution is in order.

What is the truth? Are there any governmental authorities that Americans can trust, or is the Constitution truly in danger of being destroyed? The best thing to do – usually – is to wait to hear all the evidence. However, it may be too late if evidence continues to trickle out and people are saved from prosecution by time.  After all, some of the so-called evidence coming out now is about nine years old.

Americans should not jump to conclusions, but neither should they believe everything that they are told. They should understand that ancient prophets foretold that secret combinations would be in every land in the latter days, seeking to destroy governments and to bring citizens under the control of evil people. The trick is to figure out who is evil and who are mere mortals trying to do the best job that they can to sustain the Constitution and keep America free. The absolutely best thing that any of us can do for America is to pray for God’s protection over the nation.