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Mad about politics? Blame Congress
Congress has reduced its constitutional powers, allowing President Trump to deploy troops without state approval and launch military strikes that killed 17 people, officials said.
- Last week, President Donald Trump ordered troops into Chicago, Illinois, and Portland, Oregon against the wishes of the governors of Illinois and Oregon; Texas National Guard troops deployed near Chicago Tuesday while a federal judge halted Portland's incursion.
- Over the last century, Congress has ceded key functions to other branches, reducing its control over taxation, commerce and war powers.
- Specific powers show the imbalance: Congress can remove officials in other branches while those branches cannot, and the administration declared war on drug cartels after three military strikes on alleged drug‑smuggling boats in the Caribbean killing 17 people.
- Critics argue Congress has become a "parliament of pundits" focused on partisanship, while most President Donald Trump's achievements come through executive orders, not legislation.
- The judiciary isn't meant to be the primary check on the executive; Goldberg, editor‑in‑chief of The Dispatch, calls some claims "ludicrous and dangerous nonsense" and points to Congress.
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The judiciary isn't supposed to be the primary check on the executive, the legislative branch is. Whatever you think about American politics and government, whether you are on the right, the left or somewhere in the middle, you should be…
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