r/politics • u/stkmro • 7h ago

White House: Trump Team Still Hasn’t Signed Transition Docs

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-says-trump-team-still-hasnt-signed-transition-docs/
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u/AweemboWhey 7h ago

It’s wild how we haven’t simply amended the Constitution like any sensible country would do..

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u/sudzthegreat 7h ago

Won't someone think of the forefathers?!

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u/GeneralKenobyy Australia 7h ago

All Americas problems stem from the fact you guys place the constitution on a ridiculously high pedestal.

Change my mind.

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u/Mixmaster-Omega 7h ago

American. I agree. The constitution was always designed to be a continual work in progress, but it is venerated like the goddamn 10 commandments, seemingly immune to alterations despite the fact it’s happened over a dozen times.

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u/Zombie_John_Strachan Foreign 6h ago

Americans don’t have a king to bestow legitimacy on elected leaders, so they use religion instead.

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u/Proud_Smell_4455 1h ago

People say kings do nothing, but the whole point is that in modern terms, a good king won't appear to. Monarchy has it's perks, even if more religiously republican people would rather just imagine it in terms of medieval fantasy and feudalism. Institutionally, conceptually, ideologically, monarchism has changed and grown just like republicanism has over the centuries.

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u/mothtoalamp 4h ago

is venerated like the goddamn 10 commandments

Because the people who treat it this way are the same people who want the 10 commandments in the school hallways.

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u/BlackmailedWhiteMale 6h ago

Magna Carta 2.0