The Perils of an Unstable Executive Branch
Congress has a responsibility to set aside partisanship and steer the country through a dangerous moment rife with uncertainties.
Republicans understandably want to use the GOP’s control of Congress and the White House to pass the domestic agenda Paul Ryan has spent years crafting. If the executive branch wasn’t such a mess they could focus on that project with a clear conscience.
Instead, Ryan and his colleagues confront an inconvenient reality: The Constitution charges them with adequately overseeing the executive branch. And right now, either the Trump administration is unduly influenced by murky, possibly illegal ties to Russia, or members of the bureaucracy are spreading misinformation to undermine a democratically elected leader, or both
