Racket wrote:
Power was never taken from Congress. What happened is that Congress increasingly decided to stop doing their job as a result of general unwillingness to work together and with an attitude of "I'll just take my ball and go home!" This left the door open for the executive branch to get creative
What do you think of one of my theses - American people will stop electing these politicians to office for the 30th term in a row. Just kidding, that'll never happen because Americans secretly love grid-lock
The notion that Americans love grid-lock has always been a myth. Americans, by and large, vote straight party line.
Americans love "their guy/gal". They love their party. Their love their own. Grid-lock is an unintended consequence.