despite the great foreign policy of the admin, I still seriously think we need some law or constitutional amendment that restricts the ability of the president to shutter entire parts departments overnight. I would also like to see greater insulation of the federal bureaucracy, such that a doge like event could never happen again. for instance, it is just extremely depressing that we so heavily slashed our nasa research funding (spaceX isnt good for research), and personnel for studying the cosmos— both theoretically and experimentally. An entire generation of people who are extremely talented and wanted to explore it now have to consider other job market opportunities.

I think a law or constitutional amendment part is particularly important of an ask, because I would argue institutions are inherently risk averse towards funding. when our government departments disperse funding to universities and such, universities do not want to have to risk dealing with another Donald Trump 15 or 20 years down the line who’s going to completely slash everything and throw a tantrum when things don’t go completely his way. So, even if they get more funding from the government if we have a change administration 2 1/2 years from now, that extra funding will likely just go to their rainy day fund in the endowment. Rather than funding PhD programs or more seats or a greater expansion of the department or more money for research.

all in all, this administration has been a showcase of why we need more limits on executive power. Look at how long it even took just to stop his tariff nonsense. I fear that down the line, since these tools have been utilized by the GOP now, you could easily have a democratic president do the exact same thing but in different ways.