Super Tuesday just passed, but there are already clear frontrunner candidates for the presidential election. Also, we will likely never see them on the same debate stage. The Republican and the Democratic Party both have their reasons to hesitate to participate in presidential debates. However, with this decision, the country appears to be losing its democratic traditions. Currently Losing International Reputation The United States once was the sanctuary of democracy. Almost every country wished to structure a government as democratic as the U.S. This is no longer the case. Do you remember the first 2020 presidential debate? It is painful…

Currently, Congress uses impeachment threats like a toy, but it is a powerful tool to Congress that is losing its meaning over time. The opinions in this article are those of the individual author. The Constitution structured government power into three distinct branches: executive (the Presidency), legislative (Congress) and judicial (Supreme Court). To ensure one branch does not gain too much power, the Founding Fathers instituted a system of checks and balances as a countermeasure. The Supreme Court balances Congress by using its authority to rule certain decisions by Congress as unconstitutional. However, the legislative branch can impeach Supreme Court…