The holding of all powers—legislative, executive, and judiciary-in the same hands, whether by one person, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, orelective, is the very definition of tyr-anny.

7. Is my assumption that now is a bad time becuase Republicans are in power and therefore a Constitutional Convention a fool’s errand?

6. Unfortunately calling for a new constitutional convention in this moment to adress that perceived flaw will only open a Pandora’s box as the party currently in power sees no problem with the current actions.

5. So is what we’ve accepted as the Gospel according James Madison flawed? And is it now responsible for Trump with Congressional approval for violations of the law?

4. The powers are distributed and blended in a manner that destroys all symmetry and beauty of form, and exposes some essential parts of the government to the danger of being crushed by the disproportionate power of other parts.

3. It is said that the structure of the federal government doesn't seem to have this essential precaution in favor of liberty.

2. While back in Madison’s moment of 1787 one major objection as Madison wrote “made by the more respectable adversaries to the Constitution is its supposed violation of the political maxim that the legislative, executive, and judiciary departments should be separate and distinct.

1. Seems people are wanting to know if seperation of powers can limit the actions of the current administration.

Tell me about the middle class dad.

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The main argument for a Strategic BItcoin Reserve seems to be that Bitcoin holders worry about an impending shortage of greater fools and need the US government to act as the greatest fool of last resort.

Neo Authoritarian term was rooted in Chinese political scene of the 1980s. Has it come to roost in the US? You be the judge.

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Watching the lastest budget crisis kerfuffle.

Is this what our constitutionally ordained seperation of powers was supposed to prevent?

Not if the legislature fails to exercise independence from oligarchs that have no obligation voters.

Democrats should have been for reforming and curtailing pardon power from Day 1 of the Biden Presidency. As a father, I empathize with President Biden, but we must be the party of reform whether it’s about the archaic pardon power, opposing super PACs or broad war powers.