I guess a shadow government is a foreign concept to those who have not lived with it, but the simplest way to put it (I did try to explain what it does in my previous post) is that they simply keep an eye on what the government is doing and speak out if they disagree, or offer an alternative view if they think there is a better way.Lrus007 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 16, 2024 4:56 pmSection Three: 14th Amendment
Section Three of the amendment, gave Congress the authority to bar public officials, who took an oath of allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, from holding office if they "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" against the Constitution. The intent was to prevent the president from allowing former leaders of the Confederacy to regain power within the U.S. government after securing a presidential pardon. It states that a two-thirds majority vote in Congress is required to allow public officials who had engaged in rebellion to regain the rights of American citizenship and hold government or military office.
It states that: "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."
so a shadow government is insurrection or even treason. we vote for our government....
Shadow governments always act in the best interests of their country and voters (or they are supposed to). That's the whole point of a shadow government: to try to win over voters by providing checks and balances and alternative views on how to run the country.
They don't side with foreign powers (like Trump with Putin) or go against the constitution (like Trump not wanting to relinquish power in 2020). They don't foment revolt (like Trump on January 6), and they don't rebel against law and order (again, like Trump on January 6).
Personally, I think Trump committed treason when he tried to overturn the 2020 election. But that doesn't really have anything to do with shadow governments, so I'm just drawing a tangent to highlight the obvious irony (or hypocrisy – take your pick).
