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Originally Posted by JonnydaJibba
Well, I get why (mostly), but not why it is allowed to happen.
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The U.S. constitution is only an old piece of paper. It's not worth it's weight in shit unless people actually obey what's written on it.
Unfortunately it seems like a lot of people in this adminstration don't much care about adhering to the constitution if it doesn't further their party's agenda.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWGSYj39G_I
This idiot actually had the gall (or ignorance, I don't know - either way she shouldn't be working at a high level in the government) to say she took an oath to the President, not the constitution, as a reason for not answering the Senate's questions.
Political parties should be outlawed. The parties have gotten so aggressive these days, that when one party controls 2 or more branches of the government it starts seriously short-circuiting the checks and balances written into the constitution.
Frankly I'm not optimistic about the long-term future of this country. It wouldn't surprise me if, even within my lifetime, the parties morph how the government functions enough that the old, traditional constitutionally-governed U.S. system will be effectively dead. All things must come to an end eventually...