This past weekend, hundreds of thousands of people participated in “No Kings” rallies across the country, including here in West Virginia, to protest Trump administration policies. The overarching theme of the rallies was that President Trump has pushed the authority of the executive branch too far and by doing so has turned the presidency into the singular source of power in the government.

If Trump has become a king, then Congress is the court jester who has allowed it to happen.

Since the turn of the century, Congress has become a vestigial organ of the three equal branches of government, unable to perform the most basic duties. The federal government is shutdown and federal employees are either furloughed or working without a paycheck because members of congress are unable to pass a

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