OPINION:
“America’s long history of ‘checks and balances’ is being tested by Trump like rarely before” (Web, May 4) alludes to President Trump’s role in the rebirth of America and addresses dozens of executive orders the president signed in his first 100 days.
What a casual reader might overlook is that those orders state the intention of the executive branch under its Article II power of our Constitution to enforce a law passed by Congress with its Article I power.
Interestingly, several of the orders have been rejected by federal courts, which were created by Congress with its powers under Articles I and III. It’s a charade that pits an inferior judicial review by a congressional creation to review and possibly reject a law passed by Congress. Pardon me while I laugh. Is this the kind of government I get with the taxes I pay?
It presents an interesting conundrum for Trump’s political adversaries, some of whom seem to blame the president for passing a law with which they disagree. But instead of impeaching Trump for misapplying a law passed by Congress, it would be more appropriate for a member of Congress to use his or her power as an elected representative of “We the People” to revise the troublesome law cited in the executive order.
Alas, however, I know it is ludicrous to suggest that our elected representatives do their jobs.
JOE BOYETT
Montgomery, Alabama
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