Our government was built on a system of checks and balances. The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government were built in such a way that no group would have the power to control everything. It was a really wonderful idea that has served us well. I was thinking about this idea as the latest [...]
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We Need a Checks and Balances Between Parties
Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Domestic Issues Tagged With: Checks and Balances, Conservatives, Democrats, Liberals, Republicans
A Declaration of War Against Checks and Balances
Maybe it’s just me, but the Constitution seems pretty clear in Article I, section 8: “Congress shall have Power to … declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water….” (See the Constitution.) Thus, when I started reading a recent CNN.com article, and yesterday’s counterpart, on a [...]
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