That and we have those in power and influence not elected into their positions.

federal judges are appointed by democratically elected officials though

do I need to go over why that doesn't mean dick, again?

Indirectly it is, but it's not a Democratic process in itself.

people are making decisions by virtue of having been empowered by the process

If you wanted the appointment process to be more Democratic the judges would be chosen by the people for review instead of the President

But that would remove the checks and balances

yeah also would result in more partisanship in the courts than there already is

Anything out of the Executive is not Democratic in nature and is Authoritarian.

how so

I'd bet money no one who voted for the Republican members of congress during Obummer's last term was exactly consulted before they just sat on their hands and effectively blocked the president's SCOTUS judge pick for an entire fucking year

Because the President is the sole decider of the Executive, even if his cabinet votes for him to not appoint someone he can do it irregardless.

the president was given that power by a democratic process though

a fairly strange one

but still

An entire party of congress just refused to do their jobs for an entire year

**NOT A DEMOCRACY** REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

pretty sure that wasn't mentioned on the ballots

you're the only one reeing about anything here bucko

everyone else is just having a conversation

@Death in June The President once elected is no longer bound to the will of the people. Which is why everyone should be very skeptical of the Presidents actions.

that goes for any sort of representative

Impeachment? What? @Wizard_of_The_West

He is bound by the will of the people kek

@Nathan James 123 That's not the intent of impeachment

And now watch Mitch McConnel just say out loud "yeah, we lied our asses off about why we didn't have a hearing and sat on our asses. deal with it"

Yet the ability is there <:pot_of_kek:544849795433496586>

So in reality, he is.

in any case executive power is where real political power lies

Impeachment is for when the President abandons his Oath or uses his powers to corrupt the intent of his office.

i mean from a technical standpoint you could argue the most powerful position in the US govt. is speaker of the house; they get control over a lot of things

especially with regards to money

iirc

yeah no thats right; all revenue bills have to come from the house

most powerful position in the us isn't in the government

thats a whole other issue

we need to get money out of our political system ASAP; one of the few things i agree with AOC on

gluck

dont worry it wont happen

oh yeah, how's that AOC/Ted Cruz lobbyist regulation going?

Not really. You just need to add some limits on it @W1NT3R1SC0MING