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Wait until you find out judges are appointed by the president... It is actually amazing America managed to function as well as it has been to be honest.

• OutOfHere 8mo ago
  Yes. It's incredible that: 1. The loopholes were not exploited sooner. 2. No one cares about patching them, not before real-world identification, and not even after identification. They only keep increasing. The only saving grace has been the two term limit of the President.
  • fhdkweig 8mo ago
    In a two party system, no one wants to get rid of the loopholes. Those currently in power don't think their opponents will have the opportunity to use it, and those not in power want to use it later when they finally get to be in power. Check out the two parties wanting the Line Item Veto thinking only their side would be able to use it yet horrified to see the other side use it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-item_veto_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-item_veto_in_the_United_S...
• galangalalgol 8mo ago
  The president only nominates them. The Senate confirms. Until the obama administration, judges required a supermajority of the senate to confirm, but a gop minority were filibustering all his nominees. So he asked the senate to remove the filibuster for judges. It was really the only use of the filibuster that made sense. Most democracies have independent commissions. Perhaps they all do now...
• Bud 8mo ago
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