When I was in high school in the spring of 1965, all seniors had to take a quarter of civics before taking a long test on the constitution. It was extremely extensive and my answers were all correct! The most taxing for me was the names of the Cabinet and Supreme Court Justices. Polls today show less than a third of Americans know the three branches of government. I bet most of the third is legalized immigrants who took a test most born-in-America people could not pass.
Here’s a great idea for people who want to earn our trust and vote. They must pass an extensive constitution test before they can file their paperwork. If it happened, we wouldn’t be getting some of the ignorant idiot’s elected whose only qualities are to spew non-sensible red meat platitudes.
It is disturbing when a President says “my Supreme Court” and “my FBI” as Trump has often said. Majority Leader in the Senate will sit on 125 plus bills passed by the House on the President’s orders, some of which would definitely pass the Senate.
When we no longer have three separate but equal branches, we have a dictatorship! If Trump survives this impeachment, which is based on only one of his many crimes, and is re-elected he will merge the Constitution into his belief in Executive Authority. Look at what has happened with Executive Authority in Turkey, Russia, China, Israel, Philippines, and a few others where Nationalism has displaced Democracy. It is hard to win back!
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