Analyzes the role of GRH Act in the federal budget process. (April 24, 1989)

An analysis of the conflicting views on the fundamental role of the government of the United States, specifically on the relationship between the different branches of the federal government, and what the Cato Institute regards as their unconstitutional growth of power.

The subtitle of this essay is "How Presidents Have Come to 'Run the Country' by Usurping Legislative Power." It discusses how the Constitution defines executive powers in a general way, with few limitations on the power of the President to overrule the powers of Congress or state governments. The author goes on the outline how the issue of the separation of powers should be a major concern.