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They are not co-equal in the sense of equivalence. Because they have different roles and responsibilities with some minor overlap. Congress cannot make adminis
by pnw_hazor 6y ago
They are not co-equal in the sense of equivalence. Because they have different roles and responsibilities with some minor overlap.
Congress cannot make administrative law or enforce law.
The Executive cannot appropriate money.
The Judiciary cannot enforce law or make laws.
For example: courts can issue contempt orders against the Executive branch (and many have) but the Executive branch can ignore them (as many have); Congress can pass as many laws as it wants, but unless the executive branch enforces those laws they mean little; the Executive can refuse to appoint/nominate Judges and Justices, nothing Congress or the Judiciary can do about that; and so on.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> But Congress cannot make administrative law They could, but it would be kind of pointless (that is, Congress could adopt a statute giving an executive officer a non-discretionary ministerial duty to issue administrative regulation with precisely specified content, but it's just easy to pass a statute law with the same effect. Administrative lawmaking is not an independent power.) > or enforce law. What are the offices of Sergeant at Arms of each the House and Senate, if they aren’t law enforcement bodies directly controlled by the respective Houses of Congress?
- User23 6y agoCongress can remove any Justice or Judge. Congress can in fact altogether abolish every single inferior Article III court, because they were all created by act of Congress. Congress can change the number of Justices on the Supreme Court. Congress can remove the Executive. Two given parties are not "co-equal" when one and only one party can fire the other party.