07-18-2018, 04:24 PM
I came out of the election thinking that at least Trump wouldn't have the support and knowledge on how to F things up too badly in a longterm manner. That is a good side of our government. Checks and balances do indeed work, at least overall.
Him picking at least 2 justices is potentially a long term problem, but once again, I don't think anyone too terrible will be picked because they still have to be approved.
Clinton chose 2 justices, W Bush chose 2, Obama chose 2. The world never ended, the country never ended. Sure Trump has shown shit judgement on choosing people, but in this case there is a counter-balance built in to the choosing/confirming process.
It is not a perfect system, but it is a pretty decent one. Trump's term will be over and 20 years from now it will be some other person who is a "nazi", or who "not a citizen", or a "war criminal", or a "rapist" who will be the new flavor of hysteria and source of end-of-days premonition for that 4-8 year span.
Him picking at least 2 justices is potentially a long term problem, but once again, I don't think anyone too terrible will be picked because they still have to be approved.
Clinton chose 2 justices, W Bush chose 2, Obama chose 2. The world never ended, the country never ended. Sure Trump has shown shit judgement on choosing people, but in this case there is a counter-balance built in to the choosing/confirming process.
It is not a perfect system, but it is a pretty decent one. Trump's term will be over and 20 years from now it will be some other person who is a "nazi", or who "not a citizen", or a "war criminal", or a "rapist" who will be the new flavor of hysteria and source of end-of-days premonition for that 4-8 year span.
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