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Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo reminds us that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was prepared to shred the city’s charter in the wake of 9/11 — and that there’s no reason to believe he won’t attempt to do the same to what’s left of the U.S. Constitution.

Mayors don’t have a lot of real power. Not over life and limb and upholding or violating constitutions. But it gives you a sense of the guy’s judgment, and his own sense of indispensability versus following rules the country has followed since its founding. With all that’s happened over the last seven years, does anyone trust this guy with the constitution?

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet