Reply #6: legal precedent and constitutionality

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For instance, executive orders for policies requiring congressional approval (e.g. withdrawing from treaties) are not mainstream.

Unconstitutional laws (e.g. USA PATRIOT Act) likewise are not mainstream.

Mainstream is more religious, conservative, and right-wing than I myself am. Mainstream is fiscal discipline, not deficit spending. Mainstream lacks overtly discriminatory laws but does little to protect against discrimination. Mainstream resists almost all changes to policy, laws, or governmental structure.

Mainstream is not what's happening in Washington, D.C. now.