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Sorry Pooty-Poot, we have 3 EQUAL Branches of Government (Original Post) Motownman78 Aug 2017 OP
It isn't clear that they are equal. They are mostly independent. Voltaire2 Aug 2017 #1
If the Executive branch was dominant Motownman78 Aug 2017 #2
Because he is grossly incompetent. Voltaire2 Aug 2017 #3

Voltaire2

(13,195 posts)
1. It isn't clear that they are equal. They are mostly independent.
Thu Aug 3, 2017, 06:07 AM
Aug 2017

They each have separate powers, but it is arguable that they are equal, and instead the executive branch, particularly since the start of WWII, has become the dominant branch of government.

 

Motownman78

(491 posts)
2. If the Executive branch was dominant
Thu Aug 3, 2017, 08:16 AM
Aug 2017

Then why has so much of the Trump Agenda failed? This was my main counter to hardcore Sanders supporters (Who like the MAGA people thought that he could do anything). The President isn't really that powerful. The Speaker of the House has much more power in what gets done in this country.

Voltaire2

(13,195 posts)
3. Because he is grossly incompetent.
Thu Aug 3, 2017, 10:05 AM
Aug 2017

Which is a good thing. Obama, for example, was unable to get much of anything through Congress after 2010, but still managed to be fairly effective president.

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