post-WWII U.S. moves toward parliamentary democracy instead of 22nd amendment term-limiting presiden

Granted, that doesn’t mean the US still cannot have a parliamentary system. It’d just be semi-presidential one with various differences added.

We don’t have much of a system of checks and balances given how the Supreme Court is not as balanced as everyone likes to make it out to be.

We don’t need to have a first past the post system or such there.

Not sure what supreme court balance has to do with checks and balance.

The US system has a lot more checks and balances than the UK.
 
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Yes, I think you've hit the nail on the head as far as the biggest obstacle. A functioning parliamentary system needs and requires only ONE legislative body.

No it doesn't. Both the Third French Republic and the current Italian constitution require(d) that both chambers of Parliament (House and Senate) support the government. And it works. It doesn't work well, but it works.
 
The US system has a lot more checks and balances than the UK.
There are many types of checks. For example, separate separate university system which gives push-back to the government, a separate hospital system, etc.

And a big advantage of a well-functioning parliamentary system: much clearer feedback from
elected officials —> policy —> consequences of policy,
at times perhaps even with economic policy which typically has delayed feedback. And when needed, regular citizens can throw the bums out and elect new people.

And maybe shadow cabinet ministers provide pretty good transparency (I’m a Yank and don’t know at all for sure on this point)
 
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