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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 361: The Art of the Heal
HeroDelTiempo17 01/21/21 12:30:09 PM #285:	xp1337 posted... While a lot of problems with our government are fundamental and would require Constitutional Amendments to fix, this one could largely be helped if Congress just got a backbone and stood up to the Executive getting more and more powerful - but they're not because in many cases they themselves have been pushing their responsibilities onto the Executive. Even if you had a President that actively were trying to "give back" power (already unlikely by nature) I don't think Congress would willingly take some of it back! This is more because Congress is nonfunctional due to having two chambers, not just because they aren't incentives to stand up to executive power. There's party loyalty, sure, but since it is much, much easier than passing laws it's one of the few surefire avenues they have for achieving their goals. It isn't just a matter of principle - it's unfortunately about being practical. In other words, it does require altering the Consitution to fix. Abolish the damn Senate. --- I definitely did not forget to put the 2020 GOTD Guru winner, azuarc in my sig! <cite>HeroDelTiempo17 posted [p:949752954] in Politics C... [t:79249508]...</cite> <quote>xp1337 posted... </cite> <quote> While a lot of problems with our government are fundamental and would require Constitutional Amendments to fix, this one could largely be helped if Congress just got a backbone and stood up to the Executive getting more and more powerful - but they're not because in many cases they themselves have been pushing their responsibilities onto the Executive. Even if you had a President that actively were trying to "give back" power (already unlikely by nature) I don't think Congress would willingly take some of it back!</quote> This is more because Congress is nonfunctional due to having two chambers, not just because they aren't incentives to stand up to executive power. There's party loyalty, sure, but since it is much, much easier than passing laws it's one of the few surefire avenues they have for achieving their goals. It isn't just a matter of principle - it's unfortunately about being practical. In other words, it does require altering the Consitution to fix. Abolish the damn Senate. --- I definitely did not forget to put the 2020 GOTD Guru winner, azuarc in my sig!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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