You are not alone in wanting a return to the proper Constitutional order.
Unfortunately, achieving that requires Congress to rouse itself from its decades-long indolence and torpor, whereby it has steadily ceded its governing prerogatives to the President.
You are not alone in wanting a return to the proper Constitutional order.
Unfortunately, achieving that requires Congress to rouse itself from its decades-long indolence and torpor, whereby it has steadily ceded its governing prerogatives to the President.
We need a Congress that sets its own legislative agenda, not one that rubber stamps the President's agenda.
We need a Congress that, independent of the President, decides how much to appropriate for each government agency.
We need a Congress that, independent of the President, decides what to tax and how much to tax.
We need a Congress that not resemble quite so much the Roman Senate in the waning days of the Roman Republic--dysfunctional and largely impotent in the face of an increasingly authoritarian Executive.
To get a Congress like that, we need to primary all 535 members of Congress each and every election. All elections need to be truly competitive, with multiple candidates vying for every seat. Until we get that, I fear we will continue to see more governing by Executive Order. And that is not a good thing.
My condolences on your mother's passing.
You are not alone in wanting a return to the proper Constitutional order.
Unfortunately, achieving that requires Congress to rouse itself from its decades-long indolence and torpor, whereby it has steadily ceded its governing prerogatives to the President.
We need a Congress that sets its own legislative agenda, not one that rubber stamps the President's agenda.
We need a Congress that, independent of the President, decides how much to appropriate for each government agency.
We need a Congress that, independent of the President, decides what to tax and how much to tax.
We need a Congress that not resemble quite so much the Roman Senate in the waning days of the Roman Republic--dysfunctional and largely impotent in the face of an increasingly authoritarian Executive.
To get a Congress like that, we need to primary all 535 members of Congress each and every election. All elections need to be truly competitive, with multiple candidates vying for every seat. Until we get that, I fear we will continue to see more governing by Executive Order. And that is not a good thing.