The irony is that the kind of government Jamelle is describing - one in which the branches act to protect their own governing prerogatives - is much more reflective of the ideas of the US constitutions than the mechanistic process envisioned by his critics
https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/1320778087542464514
A lot of people have this 5th-grade view of "checks and balances" where it means rules built into the system - veto, judicial review, confirmations. But it's broader than that: it's the idea that a hypertrophied branch will be cut back down to size when it endangers the other two
"Checks and balances" is a principle to be upheld and expressed in government, not an invitation to comb over the rules until - oops! - you find the trump-card rule that can't be checked or balanced, and use it to secure permanent control in defiance of electoral majorities
plural "constitutions" here is a typo but... let's pretend I was making a very sophisticated point about reconstruction
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