Separating the branches of government is a great idea. The US should try it.

The separation of powers is a political doctrine unshakably fixed in the constitutions of all Western democracies, including that of the United States, where, as we are now seeing, in the controversy over President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, it can be more honoured, when it really matters, in the breach than in the observance.

Separating the branches of government is a great idea. The US should try it.

The separation of powers is a political doctrine unshakably fixed in the constitutions of all Western democracies, including that of the United States, where, as we are now seeing, in the controversy over President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, it can be more honoured, when it really matters, in the breach than in the observance.

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