Are there too many "checks and balances" in the US political system?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

There aren't enough. The legislative branch runs roughshod over everything else. The executive branch has become virtually powerless of late.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Where do people get the idea that the poor, poor, poor widdle legislative branch is so oppressed?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Every time Obama tries to do anything, Congress runs its mouth and shouts him down.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I've complained a lot about a corrupt legislative branch having too much power, but you can make the case that the Senate should have the power to veto presidential pardons with a supermajority. I do remember the Bushes abusing their pardon powers quite a bit.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Too much on the legislative branch (which should be the most important branch by far), not enough on the executive/judicial.

The branches are supposed to be coequal. No branch is supposed to have any more power than any other branch.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Even the constitution which he wants to burn gave the lege more power than the other two branches.

The Constitution doesn't give it that much power though. If Congress has more power, it's because they gave themselves more power, regardless of what the Constitution says.