A two legged stool cannot stand. Neither can a democracy with only two branches. I read with horror the Journal Sentinel article, “House bill could neutralize court orders” (June 2).
In the 1,000+ page “big beautiful bill” is a provision that would exempt the executive branch from following a court’s orders. This means they would be above the law! The courts would live out a Shakespeare quote “being full of sound and fury but signifying nothing.” There would be no guardrails or accountability for the executive branch; one leg on our stool of democracy would be gone. Regardless of your political affiliation, this should concern you.
I’m troubled that another leg of our democratic stool, the legislative branch, are not up in arms about this provision, but though their timidity, ignorance or fear have not stood up and provided a strong statement that this shall not pass.
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We the people need to demand that our elected representatives do what is right for all Americans. We can disagree and debate, but we all live here. When it is no longer “we the people” but an elite group of self interested people making the rules, America as we and the whole world know it will be gone.
Glenn Luedtke, Franklin
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