Comment by mindslight

The institutions "crumbled" because of the hostile Supreme Council with its "unitary executive" theory (aka sparkling autocracy). The only way we're going to have institutions again is a Constitutional amendment laying out that Congress can charter independent agencies. I'd suggest their heads be directly elected by the People. And of course we've got to get rid of the supplicants on the Council too, and then maybe we can call it a Court again.