No - have been wide awake and in the thick of things. Have been involved in the challenges and rebuttals.

Yes, I still believe in checks-and-balances. They only don't work when they are conceded. And say what you will about the Supreme Court, despite "liberal" and "conservative" courts having occurred since the first Court came into being, darned few decisions have ever been overturned by subsequent Courts. So, the Court haas one heckuva record in being right...

The only thing that has me Hook, Line and Sinker is the Constitution and our system of government.