Is Our System of Checks and Balances Out of Whack?

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With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.
 
With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.
If the branches were doing their jobs, one in particular isn't, there would be tension but no serious problems here. When the Constitution is disobeyed, shit gets ugly.
 
With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.

Our first issue was the gradual shift of power from the States to the Feds, and now we see the migration of power from the legislature to the Executive, the Supreme Court, and the Federal Bureaucracy.

Each shift moves power further and further away from the people who supposedly give their consent to be governed, isolating those in power from the consequences of their actions.
 
I know i'm gonna sound like a bitter cynic, but i now tend to believe our 'System of Checks & Balances' was always a fairy tale illusion. The President of the United States for example, has been given almost unlimited powers. We're basically a Dictatorship now.
 
With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.

Like RW's silly statement that one SCOTUS vacancy causes the government to grind to a halt, please explain this "nation in turmoil"?
 
With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.

Like RW's silly statement that one SCOTUS vacancy causes the government to grind to a halt, please explain this "nation in turmoil"?

Maybe 10% of the nation is glued to this situation, the other 90% couldn't care less, part of the reason this nation is in dire straits
 
With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.



If Congress would just do their job as described in the Constitution.


The system works, but politicians try to game it to get some perceived advantage.
 
I know i'm gonna sound like a bitter cynic, but i now tend to believe our 'System of Checks & Balances' was always a fairy tale illusion. The President of the United States for example, has been given almost unlimited powers. We're basically a Dictatorship now.


It was there completely and working until the Progressives of both parties changed it in the early 20th century.
At least they still used our Constitution to change it, now it's a nothing document to them since the 70's.
 
With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.

Like RW's silly statement that one SCOTUS vacancy causes the government to grind to a halt, please explain this "nation in turmoil"?

Maybe 10% of the nation is glued to this situation, the other 90% couldn't care less, part of the reason this nation is in dire straits

That is also the reason why they will vote for trump.
You can look at both ways there.
 
With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.

Like RW's silly statement that one SCOTUS vacancy causes the government to grind to a halt, please explain this "nation in turmoil"?

Maybe 10% of the nation is glued to this situation, the other 90% couldn't care less, part of the reason this nation is in dire straits

That is also the reason why they will vote for trump.
You can look at both ways there.

What scares me is the numbers supporting Sanders and his whacked out economics
 
With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.


The Founding Fathers created a FREE Constitutional Republic where our rights were protected by the Constitution (1787)

Unfortunately , in the early 1900's that concept was abandoned in favor of a fascistic democracy where our rights depend on majorities or SCOTUS 5 to 4 opinions.

If we RESTORE then enforce the Constitution (1787) then

if a Socialist like Comrade Sanders gets elected the rest us do not have to be concerned because NONE of his policies will be implemented without AMENDING the Constitution.

If an anti-gunner gets elected it doesn't matter - the Constitution must be amended in order for our absolute right to bear arms to be adversely affected..

Unfortunately , the system has been corrupted , now a community organizer can be elected as president and he can act like he has the authority to regulate firearms even though the Constitution (1787) has NOT been amended to give the federal government and the president the authority to regulate firearms.

Americans are forced to attend government schools wherein they are indoctrinated to accept government pronouncements as the law of the land.
 
With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.

Like RW's silly statement that one SCOTUS vacancy causes the government to grind to a halt, please explain this "nation in turmoil"?

Maybe 10% of the nation is glued to this situation, the other 90% couldn't care less, part of the reason this nation is in dire straits

That is also the reason why they will vote for trump.
You can look at both ways there.

What scares me is the numbers supporting Sanders and his whacked out economics


Yep
50 years of wrongheaded teaching of this crap they push, and you are seeing the results.
 
With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.

Like RW's silly statement that one SCOTUS vacancy causes the government to grind to a halt, please explain this "nation in turmoil"?

Maybe 10% of the nation is glued to this situation, the other 90% couldn't care less, part of the reason this nation is in dire straits
That would also explain Trump's popularity.

Out of ALL the republicans that ran in this cycle Trump holds the most liberal positions and has flip flopped on them the most. Yet he leads
 
With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.


The Founding Fathers created a FREE Constitutional Republic where our rights were protected by the Constitution (1787)

Unfortunately , in the early 1900's that concept was abandoned in favor of a fascistic democracy where our rights depend on majorities or SCOTUS 5 to 4 opinions.

If we RESTORE then enforce the Constitution (1787) then

if a Socialist like Comrade Sanders gets elected the rest us do not have to be concerned because NONE of his policies will be implemented without AMENDING the Constitution.

If an anti-gunner gets elected it doesn't matter - the Constitution must be amended in order for our absolute right to bear arms to be adversely affected..

Unfortunately , the system has been corrupted , now a community organizer can be elected as president and he can act like he has the authority to regulate firearms even though the Constitution (1787) has NOT been amended to give the federal government and the president the authority to regulate firearms.

Americans are forced to attend government schools wherein they are indoctrinated to accept government pronouncements as the law of the land.
We don't live in 1789, nor did they expect us to live by the rules they created. And so ends that.
 
With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.

Like RW's silly statement that one SCOTUS vacancy causes the government to grind to a halt, please explain this "nation in turmoil"?

Maybe 10% of the nation is glued to this situation, the other 90% couldn't care less, part of the reason this nation is in dire straits
That would also explain Trump's popularity.

Out of ALL the republicans that ran in this cycle Trump holds the most liberal positions and has flip flopped on them the most. Yet he leads


Think about who is spreading that.
How do you know for sure that he has done so?
 
With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.


The Founding Fathers created a FREE Constitutional Republic where our rights were protected by the Constitution (1787)

Unfortunately , in the early 1900's that concept was abandoned in favor of a fascistic democracy where our rights depend on majorities or SCOTUS 5 to 4 opinions.

If we RESTORE then enforce the Constitution (1787) then

if a Socialist like Comrade Sanders gets elected the rest us do not have to be concerned because NONE of his policies will be implemented without AMENDING the Constitution.

If an anti-gunner gets elected it doesn't matter - the Constitution must be amended in order for our absolute right to bear arms to be adversely affected..

Unfortunately , the system has been corrupted , now a community organizer can be elected as president and he can act like he has the authority to regulate firearms even though the Constitution (1787) has NOT been amended to give the federal government and the president the authority to regulate firearms.

Americans are forced to attend government schools wherein they are indoctrinated to accept government pronouncements as the law of the land.
We don't live in 1789, nor did they expect us to live by the rules they created. And so ends that.


And that document allows for the growth into modern times,
It is just that we have abandoned the process and the Feds have done as they please.
 
With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.


The Founding Fathers created a FREE Constitutional Republic where our rights were protected by the Constitution (1787)

Unfortunately , in the early 1900's that concept was abandoned in favor of a fascistic democracy where our rights depend on majorities or SCOTUS 5 to 4 opinions.

If we RESTORE then enforce the Constitution (1787) then

if a Socialist like Comrade Sanders gets elected the rest us do not have to be concerned because NONE of his policies will be implemented without AMENDING the Constitution.

If an anti-gunner gets elected it doesn't matter - the Constitution must be amended in order for our absolute right to bear arms to be adversely affected..

Unfortunately , the system has been corrupted , now a community organizer can be elected as president and he can act like he has the authority to regulate firearms even though the Constitution (1787) has NOT been amended to give the federal government and the president the authority to regulate firearms.

Americans are forced to attend government schools wherein they are indoctrinated to accept government pronouncements as the law of the land.
We don't live in 1789, nor did they expect us to live by the rules they created. And so ends that.


INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, CAPITALISM , FREE MARKETS WERE SOLID RULES IN 1787 AND ARE SOLID IN 2016.

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With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.

Like RW's silly statement that one SCOTUS vacancy causes the government to grind to a halt, please explain this "nation in turmoil"?

Maybe 10% of the nation is glued to this situation, the other 90% couldn't care less, part of the reason this nation is in dire straits
That would also explain Trump's popularity.

Out of ALL the republicans that ran in this cycle Trump holds the most liberal positions and has flip flopped on them the most. Yet he leads


Think about who is spreading that.
How do you know for sure that he has done so?
Because I have literally watched Trump for years. The man is a fiscal conservative mostly but has ALWAYS held liberal positions on social issues. That is of course until he ran for president
 
With the recent event of Justice Scalia's death I've been thinking about something I don't believe most people have even considered. We have a federal government split into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, with a set up checks and balances meant to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. If the sudden death of one man on a court consequently throws our entire nation into turmoil maybe these checks aren't so well balanced anymore. Something to ponder.


The Founding Fathers created a FREE Constitutional Republic where our rights were protected by the Constitution (1787)

Unfortunately , in the early 1900's that concept was abandoned in favor of a fascistic democracy where our rights depend on majorities or SCOTUS 5 to 4 opinions.

If we RESTORE then enforce the Constitution (1787) then

if a Socialist like Comrade Sanders gets elected the rest us do not have to be concerned because NONE of his policies will be implemented without AMENDING the Constitution.

If an anti-gunner gets elected it doesn't matter - the Constitution must be amended in order for our absolute right to bear arms to be adversely affected..

Unfortunately , the system has been corrupted , now a community organizer can be elected as president and he can act like he has the authority to regulate firearms even though the Constitution (1787) has NOT been amended to give the federal government and the president the authority to regulate firearms.

Americans are forced to attend government schools wherein they are indoctrinated to accept government pronouncements as the law of the land.
We don't live in 1789, nor did they expect us to live by the rules they created. And so ends that.


And that document allows for the growth into modern times,
It is just that we have abandoned the process and the Feds have done as they please.
The document allowed us to make what we have, and it should have been rewritten long ago. They sure as hell thought it would be.

You don't live in a banana republic, you just think you do because you don't like it.
 

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