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The system works when it is allowed to play out and when each of the branches act as the framers envisioned to "check" the others....better than any parliamentary system, IMO.
In this case, Congress failed to perform its function for six years (and were voted out) and the Courts were not asked to become involved (they cant' do so voluntarily) or cases`had to work their way through the levels of the federal judiciary to be finally resolved.
What I think is unrealistic, once Congress and the Courts starting doing their job, is to expect immediate results or to have an immediate impact. The process of checks and balances takes time...the goal is to do it right, not do it fast.
Look back at the last example of gross abuse of power by a president. It took two years, from when the first abuses were exposed, to get red of Nixon.
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Congrats to rb and cynth (and the others)....well deserved!
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