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| John Boehner |
John
Boehner posted an article today at Constituting America. Near the
beginning, he quotes an earlier article that I wrote for the site: “Concentrated
political power frightened the Founders. They especially feared unrestrained executive power.”
It was an honor to be quoted by the Speaker of the House,
but I felt his article weak. I suspect that the political turmoil in the 2016
race prompted him to write a reassuring piece claiming that the House was fighting executive encroachment on legislative powers.
Unfortunately, the actions related in the article are old and long ago lost their allure. People are
frustrated. They want consequential action, not base appeasement. Few take comfort
that the House puts its trust in the glacial judicial branch to protect its prerogatives. The United States Congress has its own powers ... if they can work up the courage to use them.
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