By Thomas L. Krannawitter, Ph.D. , Substack, Commentary
Think the rule of law is important? Then the joke is on you.
The rule of law has been murdered—it is dead, or close to it. And the prime suspect is the very body that writes laws: Congress.
In 1974, Congress passed The Congressional Budget Act, a law prescribing a proper, formal annual budget process that features separate itemized appropriations bills that are supposed to be passed on time like clockwork.
Congress didn’t have to create this kind of law binding on itself, but it did.