ugh this seems right WTF Congress step uphttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/24/opinion/sunday/john-roberts-donald-trump.html …
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Clearly they won't and the reasons for this are most interesting to me Does anyone actually understand them?
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Again, what is it you want them to / think they should do? If you tell me that I'll tell you why they won't / don't / actually do but nobody knows it.
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Take a vote on War or Trade Pass legislation and dare the President to veto it Revoke some power delegated to the executive Impeach somebody
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1) I don't understand this assertion. 2) See #2 in previous answers and also congresscritters are too busy glad-handing and greasing wheels to play Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, especially when it looks bad on the other side's talk shows.
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I don't need them to be noble, rather I wish they would be more power-hungry and bring potestas back to the legislature
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In most cases standing up for noble reasons and standing up for self-aggrandizement are distinguished by whether an observer agrees with the alleged reasons for doing it.
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the trick is to get a guy who considers it more grand to preside over a flourishing polis than a mountain of skulls
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Something like a sugary acacia overworld we could live in like ants
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