Spinelessness is a condition whereby one does not do what they should do for fear of offending someone. Parents who are spineless and let their kids run wild usually wind up raising bratty selfish children who never outgrow the temper tantrums they liked throwing to get what they want. In a free society there is some confusion over the difference between freedom and license. A Brain Surgeon is free to perform surgery.
For a Lawyer to complain that his rights aren't respected because no one will let him do Brain surgery, would be ridiculous. Sure, he is free to "try" and perform brain surgery, but the patient will most likely come out a corpse if the Lawyer lacks the competence he needs to obtain through medical school. If someone wants to perform surgery and isn't competent it would be a negligence to allow him to do so. Is the Lawyer's freedom being obstructed? Not anymore than a person's freedom to get drunk is being obstructed by the policeman that arrests him for drunk driving. A Drunk should not be allowed to take an action that poses extreme danger to themselves and others.
A parent should make rules that their children should eat good food, and avoid hot stoves and freeways, and not talk to strangers or keep secrets from their parents because their children may live longer happier lives if they do.
The government should be like a good parent. The Executive branch has signed into law bills voted on by the Legislative branch to prevent us from exercising our freedoms in inappropriate ways that hurt other people, e.g. by driving drunk. Sometimes in the name of tolerance the Executive and Legislative branches abdicate their authority to the Judicial branch which is not supposed to make laws. The Judicial branch is supposed to make sure a law squares with the Constitution. By letting someone else do their job for them, elected officials can prevent the democratic process by placing Law-making in the hands of unelected officials. How lazy, how spineless, and convenient. By abdicating their legislative role in this way, they don't have to worry about the consequences to their political career by voting for something unpopular.
These spineless politicians quote separation of powers as well as the Constitution and meanwhile this country becomes an oligarchy because they've decided to give their power to unelected officials and deprive voters of their rights to vote on legislation. This is supposed to be government by the people for the people, but it is very quickly turning into a nation ruled by judges.
Voters are being deprived of their freedom to vote and govern themselves by spineless politicians that use separation of powers as a shield to protect them from doing the jobs they were elected to do.
