Trump Defends Due Process From Congressional Usurpation October 8, 2019, like July 4, 1776, should be long remembered as a crucial date when Americans stood up for their freedom after being subjected to what Thomas Jefferson called "a long train of abuses and usurpations.” In 1776, it was the British crown that had violated morality, law and decency to oppress the will of the American people, making necessary the Declaration of Independence, which was signed on July 4. In 2019, it is the Democratic Party and its allies in the media and the Deep State that have violated morality, law and decency to oppress the will of the American people by seeking to overturn a free election and overthrow a legitimate president. Although there have been political skirmishes prior to October 8, equivalent to the battles of Lexington and Concord, there was no definitive statement of the abuses of the Democrats, nor a battle cry to rally around, until presidential attorney Pat Cipollone crafted his response to the usurpers who had stormed the White House under a theory of the divine right of Congress.  As a catalog of injustices, Cipollone’s letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her three henchmen — er, committee chairmen — is worthy of comparison to the Declaration of Independence and should take its place as an essential document of American history. All it lacks is a name worthy of its content to ensure that it not be forgotten. I propose that it be called the Declaration of Due Process for its vigorous defense of that foundational principle of the rule of law. Listen to the impassioned plea of Cipollone’s words addressed to Pelosi: As you know, you have designed and implemented your inquiry in a manner that violates fundamental fairness and constitutionally mandated due process. For example, you have denied the President the right to cross-examine witnesses, to call witnesses, to receive transcripts of testimony, to have access to evidence, to have counsel present, and many other basic rights guaranteed to all Americans. You have conducted your proceedings in secret. You have violated civil liberties and the separation of powers by threatening Executive Branch officials, claiming that you will seek to punish those who exercise fundamental constitutional rights and prerogatives. All of this violates the Constitution, the rule of law, and every past precedent. Never before in our history has the House of Representatives — under the control of either political party — taken the American people down the dangerous path you seem determined to pursue. Put simply, you seek to overturn the results of the 2016 election and deprive the American people of the President they have freely chosen. Many Democrats now apparently view impeachment not only as a means to undo the democratic results of the last election, but as a strategy to influence the next election. ... Your highly partisan and unconstitutional effort threatens grave and lasting damage to our democratic institutions, to our system of free elections, and to the American people.” COMMENTARY By Frank Miele October 14, 2019 Full article:  www.realclearpolitics.com