The January 6 panel makes it clear: American democracy needs accountability | Lloyd Green

Slavery and civil war tested us 160 years ago. Again, we are being tested. Midterms are less than a month away

Thursday's House select committee was one like no other. Shortly after 1pm, Liz Cheney, the daughter of a vice-president and Republican grandees, warned that the US, as a constitutional republic, was in danger. Two-and-a-half hours later, seven Democrats and two Republicans unanimously voted to subpoena Donald Trump. In all likelihood, he will never appear. Regardless, history had again been made.

Why would Americans assume that our constitution and institutions of our Republic are invulnerable to another attack?" Cheney pondered.

Lloyd Green is a regular freelance contributor and served in the Department of Justice from 1990 to 1992