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# The Very Heart of What Makes This a Republic to Which We Pledge Allegiance
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/the-very-heart-of-what-makes-this-a-republic-to-which-we-pledge-allegiance/
- Published: 2019-12-04T21:29:44.000Z
- Updated: 2019-12-04T21:29:44.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[From Pamela Karlan's opening statement today:](https://www.axios.com/pamela-karlan-doug-collins-trump-impeachment-9aee91a8-a7ea-45c4-8291-593a66114a6c.html?ref=birchtree.me)

> So I'm insulted by the suggestion that as a law professor I don't care about the facts. But everything I read on those occasions tells me that when President Trump invited, indeed demanded, foreign involvement in our upcoming election, he struck at the very heart of what makes this a republic to which we pledge allegiance.