You're giving judges too much power, and not giving Senators/Governors/Presidential candidates enough. You keep citing minor players to make your point against top candidates.
You can't transfer the experiences of these minor characters to top-tier candidates during the campaign season.
Why can't you imagine a public outcry if a governor-candidate were to be rebuffed on the flimsiest of excuses? Why can't you imagine that someone running for the "leader of the free world" wouldn't push back? Why can't you imagine that the situation is different for 22nd amendment term limits? This is not "established by the state" language.
-PJ
What don’t you understand about “Chelsea will be killed if you resist”?