2.28.2004
Government By The People
This is how the government works in our family:
The Legislature passes laws (i.e. the No One Is Allowed To Eat on the Couch Act and the No Pets In the House Amendment to the Constitution). The Legislature is not tasked with enforcing the Laws (i.e. "Just wait until your father gets home") but is tasked with codifying items necessary to the functioning of the Home.
The Executive branch never passes laws. It has the power to draft legislation and propose it as a Bill but cannot ratify it. The Executive branch also has veto power but it can be overridden by a 2/3 majority of both the House and Senate (i.e. "If you are not going to support me in this decisions than you can find someone else to cook and clean for you and the only reason I'm still going to wash clothes is because I don't want your dirty laundry cluttering up my house"). The primary purpose of the Executive branch is to enforce the law (i.e. "Your mother just told me what happened at school today…") with the exception of franking privileges in the Congress (i.e. "I can eat on the couch if I want to because it is my rule"). The Executive branch also has regulatory powers that allow it to enforce the laws (i.e. "Son, if you want to continue to live in this house with your four older sisters, you WILL learn to put the toilet seat back down").
The Judicial branch is the weakest branch of the government consisting largely of identification of inequities in the balance of power (i.e. "So how come Mom can eat on the couch but we can't? It's not fair") or inconsistencies (i.e. "If I have to leave the toilet seat down every time, then how come they don't have to leave the toilet seat up every time? It's not fair"). The Judiciary's job is to maintain a state of impartiality (i.e. "How come she gets to go but I have to stay home? It's not fair") and to heighten awareness of general injustice through invocation of a well established mantra (i.e. "It's not fair!").
This is how the government works in our family:
The Legislature passes laws (i.e. the No One Is Allowed To Eat on the Couch Act and the No Pets In the House Amendment to the Constitution). The Legislature is not tasked with enforcing the Laws (i.e. "Just wait until your father gets home") but is tasked with codifying items necessary to the functioning of the Home.
The Executive branch never passes laws. It has the power to draft legislation and propose it as a Bill but cannot ratify it. The Executive branch also has veto power but it can be overridden by a 2/3 majority of both the House and Senate (i.e. "If you are not going to support me in this decisions than you can find someone else to cook and clean for you and the only reason I'm still going to wash clothes is because I don't want your dirty laundry cluttering up my house"). The primary purpose of the Executive branch is to enforce the law (i.e. "Your mother just told me what happened at school today…") with the exception of franking privileges in the Congress (i.e. "I can eat on the couch if I want to because it is my rule"). The Executive branch also has regulatory powers that allow it to enforce the laws (i.e. "Son, if you want to continue to live in this house with your four older sisters, you WILL learn to put the toilet seat back down").
The Judicial branch is the weakest branch of the government consisting largely of identification of inequities in the balance of power (i.e. "So how come Mom can eat on the couch but we can't? It's not fair") or inconsistencies (i.e. "If I have to leave the toilet seat down every time, then how come they don't have to leave the toilet seat up every time? It's not fair"). The Judiciary's job is to maintain a state of impartiality (i.e. "How come she gets to go but I have to stay home? It's not fair") and to heighten awareness of general injustice through invocation of a well established mantra (i.e. "It's not fair!").
