[wcummings]

>Every time I learn something new about how the U.S. government is structured I shake my head a little. First-past-the-post voting of a single president that holds way too much power. A congress with life time based assignment that interpret a 200 year old document to their wishes to structure law. Case based law with uninformed juries, where the selection of the jury is optimized for maximum disinformation. It goes on.

There are problems with American government, but these are really not them. The only thing here that might hold water is the President having too much authority, and that's been a relatively recent trend.

[andrewflnr]

I dunno. As an American, the case-based law thing really pisses me off because it means you can't know what law applies to you in a given situation without knowing the entire history of legal cases that touch that area. And I'd prefer something more like preference voting for the president. I'm obviously not holding my breath on any of these points.