Has democracy ended in the U.S.?

[Dill]

(07-02-2018, 11:08 AM)Bengalzona Wrote: Stacked SCOTUS is icing on a cake when the same party also runs both other branches. One party rule of all three branches. No checks and balances.

Checks and balances used to work WITHIN parties as well, with Congress being beholden to voters, not the president, regardless of party.

Pretty disturbing when you add up all the small bits--Obama denied a SCOTUS appointment, Trump obstructing an investigation into his campaign with no worry of impeachment (at lest until the results are in), Congressmen like Nunes exercising Congressional power directly to "clear" the president. Trump's public threats to his own cabinet members. At every opportunity it seems another authoritarian move is allowed to stand by Trump's party and base.  Now Trump will likely get another SCOTUS appointment.  The process doesn't work the way it used to back when "both sides" had liberal and conservatives, and had to choose a moderate judge acceptable to both.