I can see where this is a problem.
But I think one of the major reasons is that one branch in particular is not doing its job. The legislature, for security of votes, has allowed the executive to take more and more power.
And really this whole process can go downward quickly.
Since the president picks the justices... if the legislature does not try to stop him from placing cronies to an executive-favoring ideology, things can get really out of hand.

The root seems to be in the nature of the political system for legislators. They are quick to throw off responsibility because either they have become lazy about explaining themselves to the public or the public has become lazy about understanding their actions- maybe both.

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And because they have a LOT of other Congressmen that they can point their fingers at if they wanted to.

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Everything about the War on Terror(ism) is aggravating.

It's as if the constitution is less of the people and more of the government with each generation. Does anyone even uphold their own rights under it? Example - the police asked one of my friends to step out of the car as they proceeded to search it with no evidence or reason. Blatantly waiving his constitutional rights. The same is occuring with the legislature in a way.

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"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried" Churchill

I'm currently in an MPA program and administration theory does seem to give one slight answer to these kinds of problems.
Our Constitution contains no coherent formula for administration... We played it by ear for decades before finally taking the issue seriously... and to this day we have no idea how to balnce rights with effectiveness and efficiency. We also have no idea where exactly administration fits in the balance of powers (some say executive... but really it's in all of them).
But because it's not in the Constitution, it's flexible. And there have been a lot of shifts in the importance of protecting rights, citizen involvement, good leadership, anti-corruption, etc. over time. These things shift, usually with other political shifts.
Seems cyclical.

The executive power over the other branches though does seem a bit more linear... However Congress can shift things back with the proper will.

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