I do too

Do they still teach civics in the US?

Honestly they should teach civics in other countries too, but that's besides the point

People are like *supreme court gave prosecuters the right to pick and choose what they convict*

People act like the executive branch doubles as the legislative branch, so no wonder people get so heated about whom is in the White House

Which is true. But not the right to choose the punishment

or interm

Then again, people in other countries think they get to elect whom their Prime Minister is <:thronk:441701565607444482>

Its thanks to Obama legeslating from the White House

via executive order when congress said no

People think thats the norm now.

Which is Ironic cause the left thinks the Judicial has the power of making laws too

I think it goes much further back than Obama

Obama used EO the most of any president

Most of the Presidents around the 1910s-30s ran roughshod over congress with EO spam

lemme go see if I can..

*rummages*

yeah, FDR blows Obama out of the water

And Hoover

And Wilson

And Harding

And Coolidge

fuckin' hell

Well those are all dems lol

By a factor of *ten*

Coolidge and Hoover were Rs

So was Teddy

And he's up there too

Sorry I confused debt with eo. He ran up the most dept

right

*finds shiny infograph*

Look at FDR

good lord

twice as many as the next

Reading back on those times, both parties (or at least their Presidents) sound more like Obama in how they tried to consolidate power in the executive branch

*super*-disappointing

Pretty sure there was a really bad fissure in the Republicans because of this, too

@Reaps they still teach civics but it's only for 1/2 a school year

the other half is economics

Depends on the school

Teddy was grooming his VP to be next President but Taft had other ideas