[Wonder Warthog]

"Any one of the branches can block the other two, with the exception that the legislature can override the executive's veto. It's a system of checks and balances.

Wrong. That was NEVER the intent of the writers of the Constitution. The legislative body was always intended to be the THE final arbiter---NOT the court system. The courts have simply usurped that authority because the legislatures have proven spineless.

"If one branch flat out ignores one of the others, we have a constitutional crisis, and that's not good."

So, having one branch that flat out ignores the wishes of the other two is somehow LESS of a constitutional crisis?? I don't think so.

[You Dirty Rats]

The legislative body was always intended to be the THE final arbiter---NOT the court system.

Always? So the legislature can, by majority vote, overrule any court decision? Even in a criminal trial by jury?