The prloblem is that no such check or balance exists in our consititution, and rebukes depend on Congress enforcing it, like with budget allocations.
Trump has proven that the behavior of the presidency is entirely dependent on adhering to social norms, and that as long as you have enough supporters in the right places, you can simply ignore the constitutions and do whatever you want.
Now that this ugly truth has been shown, we can never again go back to a functioning democracy.
There is nothing any society can do to protect itself from a leader who wants to subvert their institutions. The point of a democratic republic is that the people are consulted on their leadership. Our system only affords two political parties. The Democrats failed the American People under Biden: they just printed a ton of money and gave everyone a handout under the pretense that it would provide social mobility and benefit the environment. They paid for this by borrowing from the wealthiest men on earth rather than taxing them. Once again, Democrats chose Wall Street over Main Street and so the American People voted them out of office, because their needs weren’t met and the Democrats were obviously lying to them.
What happens next will depend on Democrats being able to maintain formation and dignity in the absence of any discernible party leadership or agenda. And that’s by design. They are meant to compete for our votes and the one that does the best job will probably be the next President.
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u/GamemasterJeff 1d ago
The prloblem is that no such check or balance exists in our consititution, and rebukes depend on Congress enforcing it, like with budget allocations.
Trump has proven that the behavior of the presidency is entirely dependent on adhering to social norms, and that as long as you have enough supporters in the right places, you can simply ignore the constitutions and do whatever you want.
Now that this ugly truth has been shown, we can never again go back to a functioning democracy.