Will America's checks and balances survive the Trump 'Politburo?'

Ben Franklin warned that we had “a republic if you can keep it.” And the phrase that famous baseball announcer Mel Allen used to respond to a well struck ball headed for a home run — "Going, going, gone — now applies to that republic. 

The Constitution's system of checks and balances and divided government could soon end. President-elect Donald Trump not only transformed the Republican party into the "Make-America-Great-Again" party but also transformed the Constitution, bypassing it...