Best of luck #44

Today we watch one of the more impressive things of the US system with the changing of the president. The 20th amendment states the time, the constitution provides the words. Lots of things have changed in the 222 odd years since the creation of the constitution, for such a 'simple' document it has held up amazingly well.

I never bought the whole 'King George' argument that the conspiracy theorists had about Bush 43 canceling the election, then canceling the inauguration. He was a lot of things to many but I never got the feeling he disrespected the process nor the fundamental rules.

One could argue that he never should have been president the first time as he did not win a majority of votes - but the US federal system is not a true democracy. He won the states. We could change the rules on this, no one has even suggested it seriously.

One could argue that his executive orders were not legal, but all presidents use them. Congress has the power to overrule, either directly or through political means: change that order or we withhold funding for X. But on that count, sadly we've got a congress that has lost it's backbone over the last 30 odd years.