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General Category => Editorial/Opinion/Blogs => Topic started by: Sighlass on February 22, 2019, 08:29:33 am

Title: The Myth of Three Co-Equal Branches of Government
Post by: Sighlass on February 22, 2019, 08:29:33 am

Last month at an MSNBC Town Hall, Nancy Pelosi, a self-proclaimed Constitutional Scholar and current Speaker of the House of Representatives, stated:

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“Our Founders envisioned three co-equal branches of government. There’s little excuse for one chamber of Congress refusing to do its job and simply giving power over to the President.”

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James Madison, known as the father of the Constitution, stated in Federalist Paper 51:L

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“In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates. The remedy for this inconveniency is to divide the legislature into different branches.”

Source: https://barbwire.com/the-myth-of-three-co-equal-branches-of-government-video/

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Followed by Executive then lastly Legislative branches in terms of power...

 

Title: Re: The Myth of Three Co-Equal Branches of Government
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on February 22, 2019, 02:28:30 pm

There has never has been nor ever will be coequal branches of govt.

They have checks and balances with each other, but are not equal.