The assholes at HuffPo–to be clear, moderators who are working to silence opinions which make them uncomfortable–are blocking a lot of my stuff lately, so I’m going to start assuming again that I need to cross post:
From here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-ackerman/the-supreme-courts-war-on_b_2586512.html
It bothers you that the President can’t fulfill one part of the Constitution, and your solution is to vitiate some other part of the Constitution? That idea alone would tell me you were an Ivy Leaguer. As Orwell said, some ideas are so stupid only intellectuals are CAPABLE of believing them.
Our system is not designed to work fast. This puts the brakes on bad ideas, and tends to ensure only good ideas–and good people–get through. This is common sense.
Conversely, one of the arguments most commonly made in favor of Fascism is that it is “efficient”. Tyranny IS efficient, for the tyrants.