President Trump’s Covid-19 diagnosis last week raised the temperature in a body politic that is already feverish. Americans achieved a temporary union over the weekend, with Democrats and Republicans wishing a speedy recovery to a hospitalized president. But the health of the republic will remain fragile as long as we elect mortals to fill the world’s most punishing job. The sickness of presidents is an old vulnerability in our system of government. In the Federalist Papers, Alexander Hamilton argued that the Constitution...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 09, 2020 19:41 UTC