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U.S. Supreme Court,
Government,
Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Mar. 12, 2018

Courts should not do Congress’ job

Rather than asking the courts to do their job for them, our elected representatives should do what they’re being paid for and get down to business.

Kris Whitten

Retired California deputy attorney general

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Courts should not do Congress’ job
Trump and Putin in Vietnam last November (New York Times News Service)

In a recent interview, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his apparent frustration with the "inefficiency" of the U.S. political system. He said that our system "eats itself."

We should be gratified by our alleged "inefficiencies."

That is because the "Republican Form of government" provided for in the U.S. Constitution, and guaranteed to the states (U.S. Const. art. IV, sec. 4), divides po...

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