The Crisis in Accountability: At the core of every ill and injustice befalling society one can find at its roots a lack of #Accountability. Especially of those elected or appointed to public office. The Founding Fathers actually envisioned this problem. They enshrined in the #1stAmendment with the freedom of the press, and the right petition the government to redress grievances. They also mandated in #ArticleVI the #OathofOffice as a requirement to hold office or operate with the authority of government. This was intended to insure loyalty to the Constitution and place limits on the use of government power. All of these are failing. The media, where they are free to publish all that they wish have opted to be political. Holding accountable only that which does not fit their agenda and ignoring every other offense or injustice. Even inventing information not held in fact. Very little authentic ethical journalism. On the redress of grievances, there seems to have little interest in many quarters for justice. Citizens are treated as chattel. To be manipulated and used regardless of the promise made in the Constitution to "secure the Blessing of Liberty". How many can remember a time when those elected to public office or government and its bureaucracies were held liable with the burden of their inequities? The Oath to the Constitution should be the most solemn promise made by a public servant. It was designed to affirm trust in the institutions established. There are laws at every level requiring the oath. However, with possible exception of the UCMJ none of the laws proscribe what a violation of the oath entails nor any punishment for its violation. It has become a pro forma exercise holding no accountability. Thus we find ourselves with a government not accountable to the people. #TheCrisisInAccountability, #RedressGrievances, #TheMedia https://www.azquotes.com/vangogh-image-quotes/41/77/Quotation-Thomas-Paine-A-body-of-men-holding-themselves-accountable-to-nobody-ought-41-77-41.jpg

The Crisis in Accountability: Prologue At the core of every ill and injustice befalling society one can find at its roots a lack of #Accountability. Especially of those elected or appointed to public office. The Founding Fathers actually envisioned this problem. They enshrined in the #1stAmendment with the freedom of the press, and the right petition the government to redress grievances. They also mandated in #ArticleVI the #OathofOffice as a requirement to hold office or operate with the authority of government. This was intended to insure loyalty to the Constitution and place limits on the use of government power. All of these are failing. The media where they are free to publish all that they wish. They have opted to be political. Holding only that which does not fit their agenda accountable and ignoring every other offense or injustice. Even inventing information not held in fact. Very little authentic ethical journalism. It cannot be about being informative. On the redress of grievances, the government seems to have little interest in many quarters for justice. Citizens are treated as chattel. To be manipulated and used regardless of the promise made in the Constitution to "secure the Blessings of Liberty". How many can remember a time when government was held with the burden of their inequities? The Oath to the Constitution should be the most solemn promise made by a public servant. It was designed to affirm trust in the institutions established. There are laws at every level requiring the oath. However, with possible exception of the UCMJ none of the laws proscribe what a violation of the oath entails nor any punishment for its violation. It has become a pro forma exercise holding no accountability. Thus we find ourselves with a government not accountable to the people. #TheCrisisInAccountability, #RedressGrievances, #TheMedia https://www.azquotes.com/vangogh-image-quotes/41/77/Quotation-Thomas-Paine-A-body-of-men-holding-themselves-accountable-to-nobody-ought-41-77-41.jpg https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-law