• IamRoot
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    1 year ago

    The executive and legislative branches can act.

    The House has a narrow margin and the rules of the house are subject to change. The “Speaker” is weak and that can be used as leverage.

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      1 year ago

      The executive can’t do anything. Half the legislative branch is controlled by Team Red. Team Red would have to be willing to hand a loss to Team Red for there to be any accountability. A weak leader is going to be much less willing than a strong leader to hand a loss to Team Red because it would be the end of his leadership, so without an election handing over control of 2/3 of the government to Team Blue, there can be no accountability.

      And, even then, with the majorities required for impeachment and removal, you’d have to convince a significant fraction of Team Red to defect and take a loss, when they can avoid a loss by just holding the line.

      The US system’s checks and balances are broken and unable to deal with this scenario.