Fixing Broken Politics - You Think It's Bad Now... - Extra Politics
Added 2020-11-02 18:30:59 +0000 UTCThe final episode for this season of Extra Politics! The title is a bit of a bummer but it's important to understand where the holes in our system so we can fix them. We can't rely on norms of behavior to prevent people from taking advantage of exploits.
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Something I've thought about with amendments is what forces them to work. Presidents have already ignored court rulings, the SC has no mechanism to actually stop the executive branch. How would a 3-month deadline work? Without consequences it's meaningless. The biggest exploit that needs to be filled is congress giving power to the executive. The constitution gives congress coining and war powers, yet the FED can CtrlC CtrlV new money, and the war on terror gives the POTUS a blank check to invade any nation so long as their "fighting terrorism"
Calvin McClory
2020-11-02 19:49:40 +0000 UTC
