[hinkley]

This seems to be a pretty big blind spot for our two-party system here. Every president I can remember has set precedent by using some rule/loophole in the powers granted to the Executive Branch and then their party gets bent out of shape when the next president uses that same technique to do something they don't like.

Doing the 'right thing' the wrong way just conditions the American public toward accepting an autocracy. While particularly bad for one party, it's not great for either of them, and certainly not for the citizenry.

[tormeh]

Honestly, when the big bad comes around, any loophole will be used, the eternal classic being a state of emergency.

If everyone abuses these loopholes anyway, then maybe there's a chance that they'll be closed in time. One can dream, right?