GOLDBERG: Americans mad about politics should be blaming Congress

The American judiciary isn’t supposed to be the primary check on the executive;  the legislative branch is.

Whatever you think about American politics and government, whether you are on the right, the left or somewhere in the middle, you should be mad at Congress. I don’t just mean the Republican-controlled Congress — though, by all means, be mad at them — I mean the institution as a whole.

Let’s start with the big picture.

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In the U.S. constitutional system, Congress is the supreme branch of government. It is not “coequal” to other branches and any claims to the contrary are Nixonian propaganda. The Richard Nixon White House forced “coequal” into mainstream usage to defend itself from congressional oversight. “Coequal” doesn’t