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Comment by Alan Light (alan-light) on Swiss Political System: More than You ever Wanted to Know (I.) · 2020-07-19T13:12:27.321Z · LW · GW

The Constitution of the Confederate States of America was largely a copy of the U.S. Constitution but eliminated the Supreme Court, precisely because the U.S. Supreme Court had never been intended to have authority over the States (the very idea being ludicrous as the federal government was the creature and servant of the States), but over time had usurped that authority rather than maintaining its advisory role. Unfortunately that experiment in governance soon ended as the Executive branch of the U.S. government also usurped authority never delegated to it, and was successful through the imprisonment of opposition elected officials in preventing the Legislative branch from correcting the error before force of arms decided the issue against the American people.