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Congress and the courts should be the counterbalance to the Executive branch. But congress is controlled by the GOP and seems downright afraid of Trump, and th
by duxup 1y ago
Congress and the courts should be the counterbalance to the Executive branch.
But congress is controlled by the GOP and seems downright afraid of Trump, and the majority of SCOTUS has decided the executive branch is both immune from the law, and not limited by the law in much of any way, including laws established by congress.
If anything the saving grace here should be congress asking questions in a situation like this, but instead the majority there are just sycophants.
This is very bad for democracy. The executive branch should be challenged by the other two, and same goes for those other branches.
- jschveibinz 1y agoThe constitution guarantees a counterbalance. Roughly 50% of the time the control of Congress is with the opposing party to the President--and the rest of the time Congress is with the President. So it's not unusual at all for Congress to pass a majority of legislation that is proposed by the executive branch. But your last paragraph is troubling: democracy is not at risk in either case. Democracy is what puts the leaders in place. Voting still matters. The only current problem with US democracy that I see is the lack of voter engagement. We only get 60+% of voters to turn out for elections.
- duxup 1y agoI think the details I reference, such as the existing laws not being followed or respected, exceptions carved out for specific branches / people in the courts, are in fact a problem for democracy.