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Opinion of the Court
Filed
June 3, 2019
Case
U.S. House of Representatives v. Mnuchin
Case status
Decided

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TREVOR N. McFADDEN, U.S.D.J. Few ideas are more central to the American political tradition than the doctrine of separation of powers. Our Founders emerged from the Revolution determined to establish a government incapable of repeating the tyranny from which the Thirteen Colonies escaped. They did so by splitting power across three branches of the federal government and by providing each the tools required to preserve control over i…

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