Opinion: We’re about to find out how much pride is left in Congress
A first printing of the Declaration of Independence is displayed at an auction house in Boston in May 2000. By Danielle Allen Danielle Allen Contributing columnist Bio Follow March 20 at 4:43 PM Last week, the Senate followed the House and voted 59 to 41 to terminate President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border. That was a good day for our democracy. But exactly how much legislative pride is left in Congress? This is the question we get to answer next.
Still, though, this is a moment to find out what is truly in our representatives’ hearts. Does the spirit of the American Revolution beat there still or is it gone? Given a second chance, just how many of those 182 House members will keep their names on the record as supporting the remarkable diminishing of congressional power brought about by the president’s declaration?
Take a look at the list of grievances the colonists drew up to charge King George III with tyranny. There are 18 charges . On this list, the power and importance of legislatures have pride of place. The first seven grievances concern the king’s interference with lawmaking. For that matter, the first charge is simply that the king “has refused his assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
So what was at the very top of the list of concerns when the colonists voted to break away from England? The erosion of the power of their legislatures. The freedom of the people and our status as free and equal citizens depend on our representation in a healthy legislature that forms the first branch of government.
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