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I would have hoped it could be taken up by the people.
by wnoise 6y ago
I would have hoped it could be taken up by the people.
- krapp 6y agoThe people have ceded their authority in this regard as well, through their own apathy and cynicism. Democracy requires an educated and engaged voting populace that actually believes effective government can exist and politicians should be qualified and held up to a standard.
- hindsightbias 6y agoMany of "the people" have gotten lucky because SCOTUS went "their" way over the last few generations. Part of that lies with Executive choices for judges and some has been a wildcard (Kennedy, Roberts on ACA, Gorsuch for the last couple of weeks). It could all spin based off of the next appointment. But The Founders clearly thought Congress should be somewhere else than yelling from the sidelines.