The very core of legislative power is at stake.
By Danielle Allen Danielle Allen Contributing columnist Bio Follow April 3 at 5:28 PM Danielle Allen is a political theorist at Harvard University and a contributing columnist for The Washington Post.
Lesson 2. Why is the legislature the first branch of government? Because it and only it has the job of expressing the will of the people. In the direct democracy of ancient Athens, the full body of citizens could gather and choose their common direction; then they delegated its execution to their generals and administrators.
Our senators and representatives have a lot to do to clean up their methods of governance, but Congress can act to express our will if and only if it continues to be the font of power in our government. In modern words, Congress will have no chance to do a good job if it has no power.
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