How to Reform Our Dysfunctional Federal Government

How to Reform Our Dysfunctional Federal Government
In this file photo, a woman holds up a copy of the U.S. Constitution at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. There is a growing call for a "convention of states" to propose new constitutional amendments to address term limits on Congress and the Supreme Court, trim federal power, and require Congress to exercise more fiscal restraint. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Rob Natelson
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Commentary
Most Americans have come to see the federal government as dysfunctional, or even abusive. For example, Congress is utterly unable to balance its budget. Although we recognize that deficits may be necessary in occasional years, Congress now runs huge deficits every year. In prosperity or recession, war or peace, the looming public debt grows and grows and grows.
Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
Author
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (3rd ed., 2015). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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