Congress must reassert the balance of powers

SOURCE: Melanie Sloan // San Francisco Chronicle

24 Jul 2007 // The White House, by proclaiming that it will not let the Justice Department pursue contempt charges against a former White House official who failed to comply with a congressional subpoena for information regarding the firing of nine U.S. attorneys, has declared the executive branch to be superior, rather than co-equal, to the other two branches of government. More»