If saving America requires destroying America’s constitutional tradition, then is what we save still the same America?
Some people have begun to discuss amending the Constitution to allow President Trump to serve an additional term, so that he may continue and consolidate the political achievements made during his presidency. Yet amending the Constitution for President Trump would set a dangerous precedent: whenever someone believes a situation to be “absolutely necessary,” they will feel justified in rewriting the Constitution. The next question naturally follows: could the Constitution also be amended to allow Mr. Elon Musk—widely admired by the public—to serve as president? Arbitrary constitutional change is never a good thing; it is the behavior of authoritarian regimes. Amending the Constitution in order to install a specific individual as president is precisely the kind of act that Presidents Washington and Lincoln would have firmly opposed. And yet, some argue that compared to allowing figures such as Gavin Newsom, AOC, or Watts to take power in the United States, the Constitution must be ame...