checks and balances

is nothing more than a metaphor the Constitution has been described as a machine that will go of itself and it's been described that was described that way by one of my predecessors at the Atlantic as a matter of fact in the 1880s what people people don't often read the whole paragraph which says while people think the Constitution is a machine that will go of itself it is not it is operated by people.

Donald Trump is not the heart attack of democracy he is the gum disease of democracy you can die from gum disease but it festers for a long time before it finishes you off a second master idea is that we have that we have to be careful but assuming that checks and balances are anything more than a metaphor the Constitution has been described as a machine that will go of itself and it's been described that was described that way by one of my predecessors at the Atlantic as a matter of fact in the 1880s what people people don't often read the whole paragraph which says while people think the Constitution is a machine that will go of itself it is not it is operated by people and one of the things to understand what I mean by hypocrisy is to understand that what we're seeing here is a breakdown not just of the President and not just of the White House staff and not just of the executive office of the presidency but there are large systems of enabling

is needed by those in power lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.

Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.

checks and balances, n.All

checks and balances