Then what the heck is the judicial branch for? It's been a long time since I've had a class on government, but I was under the impression that the courts were part of the judicial branch. I mean, I know that the president has pulls in all branches (i.e. veto in legislative) but could the president actually force the court to drop this case?
Is gates just openly suggesting that the whole system of checks and balances we try to create to keep the legislative, executive, and judicial powers in line are crap? What power would hte president have over this case?
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Then what the heck is the judicial branch for? It's been a long time since I've had a class on government, but I was under the impression that the courts were part of the judicial branch. I mean, I know that the president has pulls in all branches (i.e. veto in legislative) but could the president actually force the court to drop this case?
Is gates just openly suggesting that the whole system of checks and balances we try to create to keep the legislative, executive, and judicial powers in line are crap? What power would hte president have over this case?