What’s being revealed in sharp relief these days is that when one branch of government fails in its checks and balances duties the whole system lies in jeopardy. We have almost the entire third branch of government, the Judicial, going completely rogue, and the Congress, the only branch with the actual power to do anything about it, doing nothing.
And Congress itself is responsible for the creation and overwhelming growth of the leviathan that is the administrative state, by delegating their ordered Constitutional duties over to it instead of doing their job.
We are in the mess that we are because no one has called a halt to the long march away from the boundaries set up by the Constitution specifically designed to prevent such chaos and lawlessness. The most vivid example of this is our Congress is the only branch with the power to rein in the judiciary which has gone almost completely rogue and borderline megalomaniacal, impeding the Executive branch from fulfilling its lawful efforts and responsibilities.
It should be at the very least be required of anyone who wants to hold any government office, no matter how seemingly insignificant must first have to pass with an A+, an exhaustive course on the Constitution and exactly where the lines are that cannot be crossed, and will result in immediate dismissal if caught doing so.
But then that would mean executing consequences, and clearly those don’t happen to anyone these days, no matter how egregious the crime they’re guilty of perpetrating.
The inherent fault of democracy is on full display. The founders of our democratic system understood the inherent danger: factions can organize, capture institutions, and use the machinery of government for their own benefit rather than the common good. We now need a restoration that reins in zealotry and extremism of factions and re‑anchors democracy in a balance between individual liberty and the health of the whole society.
'Capture' as in financial 'interest'. Lobbyist have too much control of bills getting past and if you want a campaign 'contribution', that is how you vote. Money will always be part of any government and the only why to change this is by diluting it. Getting back to having House Reps representing 30,000 people instead of 1.3 million is the answer. In a town of 30,000 people, voters know who the swindlers are. Happy 250th !!
What’s being revealed in sharp relief these days is that when one branch of government fails in its checks and balances duties the whole system lies in jeopardy. We have almost the entire third branch of government, the Judicial, going completely rogue, and the Congress, the only branch with the actual power to do anything about it, doing nothing.
And Congress itself is responsible for the creation and overwhelming growth of the leviathan that is the administrative state, by delegating their ordered Constitutional duties over to it instead of doing their job.
We are in the mess that we are because no one has called a halt to the long march away from the boundaries set up by the Constitution specifically designed to prevent such chaos and lawlessness. The most vivid example of this is our Congress is the only branch with the power to rein in the judiciary which has gone almost completely rogue and borderline megalomaniacal, impeding the Executive branch from fulfilling its lawful efforts and responsibilities.
It should be at the very least be required of anyone who wants to hold any government office, no matter how seemingly insignificant must first have to pass with an A+, an exhaustive course on the Constitution and exactly where the lines are that cannot be crossed, and will result in immediate dismissal if caught doing so.
But then that would mean executing consequences, and clearly those don’t happen to anyone these days, no matter how egregious the crime they’re guilty of perpetrating.
No, it wasn’t a restoration. For a good summary of why, see this post (and especially its Part 2): https://societaldynamics.substack.com/p/why-trad-history-is-bad-history-part?r=bt2
The inherent fault of democracy is on full display. The founders of our democratic system understood the inherent danger: factions can organize, capture institutions, and use the machinery of government for their own benefit rather than the common good. We now need a restoration that reins in zealotry and extremism of factions and re‑anchors democracy in a balance between individual liberty and the health of the whole society.
'Capture' as in financial 'interest'. Lobbyist have too much control of bills getting past and if you want a campaign 'contribution', that is how you vote. Money will always be part of any government and the only why to change this is by diluting it. Getting back to having House Reps representing 30,000 people instead of 1.3 million is the answer. In a town of 30,000 people, voters know who the swindlers are. Happy 250th !!