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1. You think it's implausible that a military-led coup in the USA will get far.
2. I think it's implausible that a military-led coup in the USA will get far.
This is not rocket science.
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Originally Posted by CTDominion
The purpose of the doctrine of separation of powers is to prevent the executive branch or any single component of governance from overreaching in its authority. ie. To protect the people from excessive centralization of power among the leaders of state.
It doesn't do much to prevent something like a grass roots uprising, or a coup by military forces.
The first states that a military-led coup in the USA is unlikely to be successful.
The second states that the doctrine of separation of powers does little to prevent a military-led coup.
The first states that a military-led coup in the USA is unlikely to be successful.
The second states that the doctrine of separation of powers does little to prevent a military-led coup.
The doctrine of separation of powers concerns branches of government. It has nothing to do with the power structure of the military, and is not designed as a safeguard against a civil revolt or military-led uprising against the government.
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The doctrine of separation of powers concerns branches of government. It has nothing to do with the power structure of the military, and is not designed as a safeguard against a civil revolt or military-led uprising against the government.
How do you know? How do you know how our military is structured?
How do you know? How do you know how our military is structured?
Where does it mention the military in the following summation of the doctrine?
"The doctrine of separation of powers, as implemented in drafting the Constitution, was based on several principles generally held: the separation of government into three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial; the conception that each branch performs unique and identifiable functions that are appropriate to each; and the limitation of the personnel of each branch to that branch, so that no one person or group should be able to serve in more than one branch simultaneously."
Where does it mention the military in the following summation of the doctrine?
"The doctrine of separation of powers, as implemented in drafting the Constitution, was based on several principles generally held: the separation of government into three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial; the conception that each branch performs unique and identifiable functions that are appropriate to each; and the limitation of the personnel of each branch to that branch, so that no one person or group should be able to serve in more than one branch simultaneously."
It doesn't. You can't learn everything on the internet. I come from a military family and a family that has always worked in some form of government jobs in the US whether county, state or federal. Some things you have to actually be around them to know.
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