One can argue if the US government is elected. Many people dont even bother to vote. And big states like California and New York are openly at war with the current administration.
Also, the democrats won the popular vote for president, but we got trump. In 2018, they won by 12%, but the senate has a republican majority.
Because of this, the judicial system is being stacked with ultraconservatives with lifetime appointments. They’re mostly filling seats that opened under the Obama administration.
“Majority rules” is becoming a bad joke in the US. Even after demographics shift enough to vote the republicans out, the senate and executive branch will still be blocked by the judiciary. There are ways to fix the supreme court, but that won’t change the fact that the lower federal courts are politically driven kangaroo courts.
Tl;dr: minority radicals intentionally broke the federal government, and it will take at least 30 years to fix (short of rewriting the constitution).
hedora|6 years ago
Because of this, the judicial system is being stacked with ultraconservatives with lifetime appointments. They’re mostly filling seats that opened under the Obama administration.
“Majority rules” is becoming a bad joke in the US. Even after demographics shift enough to vote the republicans out, the senate and executive branch will still be blocked by the judiciary. There are ways to fix the supreme court, but that won’t change the fact that the lower federal courts are politically driven kangaroo courts.
Tl;dr: minority radicals intentionally broke the federal government, and it will take at least 30 years to fix (short of rewriting the constitution).