status quo

President-elect Trump has promised to disrupt the status quo in every corner of government.

“My removal is essentially a campaign promise from Hochman himself, aimed at silencing anyone who dares to challenge the entrenched status quo,” she said in a statement.

Depending on your perspective that either makes him an ideal candidate who understands how to fix the system's problems or an establishment figure, wedded to the status quo.

The current situation, where doctors are afraid to treat women and have no guidance on how to do so safely, is a status quo they are fighting to preserve.

But the story of the Irish general election on Nov. 29 is nowhere near that simple, and definitely should not be understood as evidence of widespread contentment with the status quo.