You know what would be really cool? A system of government where the whims of the head of state could be constrained by some kind of parliament or legislature, or there were some kinds of “checks” or “balances” that ensured that one person didn’t simply get to dictate how the government worked
Mar 4, 2025 05:36It brings to mind the historian of medieval and Tudor England who said after the Supreme Court immunity decision that a president would effectively have more unchecked power than King George III exercised within the constitutional monarchy of his day. We're seeing that vision play out today.
I’ve seen words on paper similar to that but they were just words on paper.
How do Civics teachers properly teach US government now that the Executive branch has no checks and balances anymore and the Judicial and Legislative branches no longer exist?
Have you considered, though, that we could install the One Right Guy who is always right about everything and then he could just make all the decisions and be right all the time? He will fix it!
It actually does work that way if the head of state is black or liberal so there’s that
