You're totally wrong. There are no checks and balances. It's tribal. The republicans control all three branches, and now the "lefties," in order to have any chance at regaining power, are going to have to go on a rampage. I believe that the "right," to counter this, will set up paramilitary organizations in defense of those three branches. Things are going to devolve try quickly into bloodshed, government inaction, and finally civil war.
Meanwhile awimb will continue as ever, one hopes.