Checks and Balances

We are currently in the midst of a constitutional crisis concerning the roles of the legislature and the executive branches.

Most Americans don't seem to care very much.

Our Government is a series of checks and balances.

The Executive branch was recognized as the one with the greatest opportunity for abuse of power so congress was given two significant checks on that power.

First it has the power of the purse meaning that its the only branch that can authorize funds.

Second it has the power of oversight,

While there have been some abuses of the first check we are seeing an outright refusal of the current administration to allow the oversight to proceed.

This is a challenge to the very nature of our Government and shouldn't be tolerated.