Reply #12: Congress is the safety valve

[psholtz]

Realistically, I think the only reason the U.S. isn't a dictatorship right now is b/c of Congress.. the tyrants in the White House still have to be accountable (somewhat) to Congress (viz Congressional hearings and probes), and by extension, to the people..

We've had rule-by-dictator-tyrant in this country ever since Teddy Roosevelt, who issued over 1,000 EOs (Executive Orders) in this 8 years in office. EOs carry the force of law, are "as good" as laws passed by Congress, but are randomly made up by presidential decree.. Strictly spekaing they should be unconstitutional, but noone seems to pay attention to that.

The Supreme Court is an abomination to liberty and freedom, and has been ever since before John Jay took his seat on that court. The whole structure of the U.S. judicial system is extremely unjust, and that's by design (in the Constitution). The structure of Congress was the massive "advancement" (in terms of freedom and liberty) that the Constitution.. but the tyrants who attended the Constitutional Convention (in 1787) just hid their tyranny (very very carefully) in the judiciary and Supreme Court.

The other big flaw in the Constitution is that it doesn't prohibit central banking... Jefferson wanted to add this in as an amendment once he realized the threat, but didn't have enough power to do so..