US Federal Government Shutdown

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Convenience. The founding fathers barely started dying off before the Supreme Court was arbitrating between the executive and the legislative. You could say it all started with the setting up of a national bank...

Actually, you can blame Alex for quite a lot besides that. He was, effectively, the person who founded the political party system in the USA. The Constitution was written, in part, to PREVENT such using the college of electors as a brake against populism and demagoguery and by giving the Vice Presidency to the second vote getter (likely to be an opponent in any party contest) and by forcing those in office to face the voters frequently. Despite that, Hamilton had a party functioning effectively by the 3rd election.