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BlueStreak

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22. You said they are not called "Co-equal". I quoted Jefferson using that exact terminology.

Reply to jeff47 (Reply #21)

Sun Jul 21, 2013, 01:37 PM

Jul 2013

Words ARE important.

If you had said that things have changed in 240 years such that reality no longer matches the founders' ideal, I would agree in general, but possibly not specific to "Co-equal"

The parts of government that have ascended are not the ones you mentioned. The SCOTUS is supposed to exist under the rules defined by Congress, but in fact SCOTUS has become the most powerful part of the Constitutional government. But the bigger problems are the Fed and the NSA, which are completely out of any governmental control, and in many respects more powerful than any of the "co-equal" branches.

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Congress said it never intended to allow NSA to build database of calls. [View all] The Straight Story Jul 2013 OP

Congress created this problem TheLion Jul 2013 #1

Power We Didn't Grant OnyxCollie Jul 2013 #2

So the White House just did it anyway BlueStreak Jul 2013 #4

There's a representative government. OnyxCollie Jul 2013 #6

Touche. You are correct, sir (or madam) BlueStreak Jul 2013 #8

Claiming Congress understood all the impolications of what a secret court could do with no oversight BlueStreak Jul 2013 #3

"What happened to our Obama?" OnyxCollie Jul 2013 #7

OK. Then he stopped trying to conceal it after winning a second term BlueStreak Jul 2013 #9

Really? Your claim is that Congress is full of powerless morons. jeff47 Jul 2013 #11

A congressman has more power than a President? Wanna try that one again. BlueStreak Jul 2013 #14

Congress has more power than the president. jeff47 Jul 2013 #15

I guess that is why they are called co-equal branches BlueStreak Jul 2013 #16

They aren't called co-equal branches. jeff47 Jul 2013 #18

Somebody should break that news to Thomas Jefferson BlueStreak Jul 2013 #20

Yeah, a quote is far more important than reality. jeff47 Jul 2013 #21

You said they are not called "Co-equal". I quoted Jefferson using that exact terminology. BlueStreak Jul 2013 #22

Jefferson could have called them anything he liked. jeff47 Jul 2013 #23

Well if they weren't so busy repealing Obamacare a thousand times tularetom Jul 2013 #5

K&R woo me with science Jul 2013 #10

They didn't know, didn't intend, and didn't care. All they wanted to do was BS kelliekat44 Jul 2013 #12

Don't ask don't tell Bradical79 Jul 2013 #13

kr HiPointDem Jul 2013 #17

Good time to try some bi-partisanship? kentuck Jul 2013 #19