An Arizona congressman, Rep. Paul Gosar, is hoping a bill he has introduced, the Separation of Powers Restoration Act, will restore the Constitution’s basic principal of separation of powers. The bill’s original cosponsors include Rep. Thomas Massie, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Gosar explained in a tweet one of the reasons he introduced the bill: “Democrats unconstitutionally eliminated the requirement for Congress to consider my bill that terminates COVID-19 emergency powers. In response, I’m sponsoring the Separation of Powers Restoration Act.”
Democrats unconstitutionally eliminated the requirement for Congress to consider my bill that terminates COVID-19 emergency powers. In response, I’m sponsoring the Separation of Powers Restoration Act.
Congress and the President must follow our Constitution: pic.twitter.com/cLWyevq9XY
— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) July 1, 2021
The separation of powers is a doctrine of constitutional law under which the federal government is separated into the executive, legislative and judicial branches. Each branch has separate powers and one branch is prohibited from exercising the powers of the other branches.
According to Gosar, “the Separation of Powers Restoration Act repeals the War Powers Resolution Act, terminates all states of emergency, reinvests national emergency declaration authority in Congress, blocks all Presidential orders unless it is the President acting with express authority granted in the Constitution or given by an Act of Congress, and gives members of Congress, state and local governments, and the People, standing to challenge Presidential orders in court which exceed executive power.”
“For too long, the executive branch regardless of political party has developed an unbridled concentration of power never envisioned by the Founding Fathers. From forever wars and endless executive orders to overreaching emergency declarations, the executive branch has greatly weakened our system of checks and balances against one branch of government by exerting greater influence than the others.
Gosar called the legislation My common sense legislation would restore the separation of powers and rein in an over-reaching executive branch as established by the Constitution,” said Gosar.