> They are supposed to be the most powerful branch of government, but instead they have deadlocked themselves into uselessness. They were always intended to be

> They are supposed to be the most powerful branch of government, but instead they have deadlocked themselves into uselessness. They were always intended to be both. Since there had to be such a powerful entity within the government (the power exists, so it has to be put somewhere), the best course of action to prevent any whim of politics doing irreparable damage is to pit congress against itself so that any actions it takes are generally too slow for transient whims to affect it. Better that the powerful are inefficient.