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Mike Johnson either doesn’t understand checks and balances — or doesn’t care

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson floated the idea of hobbling our lower federal courts and undermining our delicate system of checks and balances.

Julian Zelizer : We have three branches of government because we don't trust one, or even two , to do the people’s work.

He says the judicial branch in particular stands as a bulwark against tyranny of the majority.

Zelizer says Johnson 's proposal could be one step on the way to a more authoritarian style of governance.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-mike-johnson-floats-eliminating-federal-courts-rcna197986 https://www.ushistory.org/betsy/more/desecration.htm?srsltid=AfmBOooFtws9yyQpQlwCfR5GdqsGiOqWySwxWAsS5TKvkUcOySckau7a https://www.acton.org/research/lord-acton-quote-archive https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-3/https://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/judicial-business-2023 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/chief-justice-pushes-back-calls-impeach-judges-rule-trump-rcna196922 https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/types-federal-judges https://www.usa.gov/branches-of-government#:~:text=The%20ability%20of%20each%20branch,agencies%20and%20high%20court%20appointees.https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-8/https://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm https://www.oyez.org/cases/1980/79-983 https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R44967 https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/mike-johnson-federal-courts-funding-judges-rcna198266 https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artIII-S1-8-5/ALDE_00013561/

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