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Re: A week ago

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Fri, 09 Sep 22 11:49 AM | 21 view(s)
Boardmark this board | The Trust Matrix 		Msg. 46962 of 54837
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I have previously suggested that the US could do something a bit similar through a counsel of trusted grandees, all of whom are retired and so have no part in wielding power. People like ex-presidents, ex justices of the Supreme Court, ex-army chiefs etc.

Only those with spotless reputations, of course.

They also might have a responsibility to ensure federal elections are done properly, to remove that argument from circulation. And it could be the place that impeached presidents are judged.

This would mean that your president was no longer responsible for the trust parts of your constitution. It's a role the senate was meant to perform, but doesn't because it is far too partisan.




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Re: A week ago
By: Cactus Flower in ALEA
Fri, 09 Sep 22 9:43 AM 		Msg. 46961 of 54837

The oaths of allegiance to the monarch are a practical solution to the problem of loyalty and partisanship.

None of the key institutional structures (the law, the military, parliament or the church) owes loyalty to the PM.

On the other hand, we had a civil war in the seventeenth century which assured the government and people of their powers.

So our system has two parts: the operational part, which is democratic; and the trust and stability part, which belongs to the monarch.

We don't really have a problem with the transfer of power. Our risk is that the monarch is a nutcase, in which case a regent takes over. But even a nutcase monarch is not responsible for the administration of the government. So he/she can't do much.

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