The United States was founded on allegiance to laws, not leaders. The Jan 6 rioters turned that on its head
- Written by Jared Mondschein, Senior Research Fellow, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
When colonial Americans declared their independence on July 4 1776, they rejected more than British rule. They explicitly denounced the British form of government and the unlegislated norms, traditions and conventions a royal head of government entailed.
The recent hearings of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 2021 attack on the US...