Swickard: A possible slide toward one branch government

Commentary by Michael Swickard, Ph.D. - The more I watch Congress, the less power Congress seems to have. They get face time on the networks talking but not acting as a Congress. Remember, there are three equal branches of government which in theory hold each other in balance. But in the last three years this Congress has stopped functioning. Their primary role is the federal budget. But no federal budget has been passed in three years. Our Country languishes in a neverland of uncertainty while Congress does not do its duty.  It seems we have a one branch government or the makings of one. The only branch taking charge of things is the Executive Branch. The Supreme Court is set to rule on Healthcare, but the buzz is that if they rule against the Executive Branch, the Executive Branch will institute the intent of the legislation via Executive findings and agency rules. That would make the Judicial and Legislative Branches of Government irrelevant. No one seems concerned about the concentration of power in one branch.  Read column

Swickard: A possible slide toward one branch government