In reading the May 23 news story concerning the political response to the bill forwarded to the U.S. Senate by House Republicans (“Golden and Pingree blast Republican budget after narrow approval in House”), I share the disgust with the blatant gutting of social safety programs to cover tax cuts for the rich.
What surprises me is the lack of outrage over the provision (buried in those 1,000 pages) seeking to nullify the ability to restrain executive overreach via the courts. This is essentially erasing the power of the courts to block or reverse authoritarian executive actions that violate the Constitution.
Apparently Republicans now find the rule of law and our constitutional balance of powers so repugnant that they seek to abolish it on the sly.
John Seksay
Augusta
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