Tom Mann @BrookingsInst: Legislative process mired in partisan war, so power flows to the executive & courtshttp://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2014/11/20-obama-executive-order-immigration-speech-mann …
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@EJDionne@rickhasen@BrookingsInst "Legislative process mired in partisan war, so power flows to the executive ..." Only in dictatorships
.@ProfBainbridge @EJDionne @BrookingsInst Not so. And it also flows to the courts, especially #SCOTUS http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2130190 …
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@rickhasen@EJDionne@BrookingsInst Executive + courts does not = democracy. It is the antithesis of democracy. -
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@ProfBainbridge@EJDionne It is a consequence of polarization and a system of divided government. See this: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2243798 … -
@rickhasen@EJDionne It doesn't make it right. We're a republic. Not subjects of an Imperial President and SCOTUS. -
@ProfBainbridge@rickhasen@EJDionne I suspect you didn't see SCOTUS as 'imperial' after Citizens United decision. -
@Karoli@rickhasen@EJDionne So when a GOP POTUS adopts conservative policy by imperial decree, you'll be okay with that? -
@ProfBainbridge@rickhasen@EJDionne I was already. When Reagan and Bush both used exec. orders for immigration I was fine with it. -
@Karoli repeats the Big Lie behind Obama's decree. But Reagan and Bush Offer No Precedent for Obama's Amnesty Order. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/11/the-weak-argument-defending-executive-amnesty/382906/ … - 1 more reply
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