I don't believe that player leaders should be capable of this sort of influence without any accountability to the strength of the cabal.

In the real world I'm a manager, I can't decide I'm not going to hire people for some arbitrary reason because ultimately I'm still responsible for my company's performance. My decisions have to be carefully weighed out.

So as an example, if I'm tribunal leader and our numbers get down to 6 people and we can't hold the Scales, I should get bitch slapped all over the place for allowing my cabal to crumble apart.