b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 More in the thread. It's a great, perfect, amazing thing that scotus can't review political gerrymandering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 It's ridiculous that legislative bodies even get to vote on executive appointments. Judicial? Yes. But how the executive runs itself is its own business, provided it stays within the law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: It's ridiculous that legislative bodies even get to vote on executive appointments. Judicial? Yes. But how the executive runs itself is its own business, provided it stays within the law. In Canada, isn't the head of the executive branch (the Prime Minister) selected by the legislative branch (House of Commons)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: It's ridiculous that legislative bodies even get to vote on executive appointments. Judicial? Yes. But how the executive runs itself is its own business, provided it stays within the law. In a forgone era, cabinet secretaries were not yesmen but had agendas of their own. I mean for God's sake the gwb EPA head was calling for environmental regulation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 But in general the legislature should be deferential to the executive choices (assuming they're qualified) for their own cabinet This model is in need of change now that norms have shifted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Republicans make Kim Jong Un look like a bastion of representative democracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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