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After the last 4 years, maybe it is time to realise that a working democracy can not rely on the assumption that those in power will just use their powers respo
by user-the-name 6y ago
After the last 4 years, maybe it is time to realise that a working democracy can not rely on the assumption that those in power will just use their powers responsibly and honourably, and that "checks and balances" need to actually have the ability to both check and balance.
- Loughla 6y agoIf Trump taught this country anything, I hope that it is 'relying on long-standing norms of the office is a bad idea'. I think we need legislation to make sure the 'norms' are 'required'.
- user-the-name 6y agoExactly. It should also be a good example of the fact that the president of the US has an extremely and unusually large amount of power, which should probably be reduced by quite a lot.