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Posted on 09/15/2025 3:51:41 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN
Reclaiming the Balance of Power in America By CIB-173RDABN Reclaiming the Balance of Power in America
Over the last several decades, America’s federal government has slowly drifted away from the constitutional balance of power intended by the Founders. The system we live under today isn’t always governed by our elected officials, but increasingly by unelected bureaucrats, activist judges, and defiant state governments. This shift didn’t happen overnight — it was allowed, piece by piece, as Congress became lazy, states ignored federal law, and the courts replaced interpretation with ideology.
President Trump — whether by design or by instinct — appears to be attempting to rebalance this structure.
🔹 Congress: The Power They Gave Away
Congress, over the years, has passed vague laws that handed over enormous rule-making power to federal agencies. These agencies — like the EPA, OSHA, HHS, and others — now function like unelected governments within the government. They write regulations, impose fines, and enforce rules that affect every American, often with no direct accountability to voters. In doing so, Congress has effectively given away its legislative power to the "administrative state."
🔹 States: Picking and Choosing Laws
Meanwhile, many states have begun treating federal law like a suggestion, not an obligation. Whether it’s sanctuary cities, legalized marijuana, or defiance of environmental, immigration, or social policies, states are now frequently deciding which laws to obey and which to ignore. While states do have rights under the Constitution, a functioning union depends on respect for federal law — or the entire system breaks down.
🔹 Courts: Interpreters or Legislators?
The courts, once meant to interpret the law, have in many cases begun rewriting it. Judges — particularly in lower courts — often inject personal or political bias into their decisions, expanding laws far beyond their original scope. This judicial activism bypasses the democratic process and has contributed to the imbalance we now see.
🔹 The System Governs Itself
The result? A government where the real power lies not with elected officials, but with systems and institutions that operate on their own — what some call the “deep state” or more accurately, the “administrative state.” The American people may vote, but the machinery of government has been running itself.
🔹 Trump: The Cowboy Trying to Fix the Fence
In this environment, Donald Trump’s presidency can be viewed — intentionally or not — as an effort to bring this unruly system back under control. His challenges to agency overreach, state resistance, and judicial activism have triggered a series of legal battles that may ultimately require the Supreme Court to redraw the boundaries between federal branches and between Washington and the states.
In effect, Trump is the cowboy, riding out into the open range to bring the cattle — the agencies, the states, the courts — back into the barn. Not to seize power, but to return it to the people, through the branches of government designed to wield it.
⚖️ Restoring the Republic
Whether you support Trump or not, the constitutional question at the heart of all this is critical:
Who really governs America — the people we elect, or the institutions that no one can vote out?
If we don’t confront that question, and restore balance to our system, then elections will continue to matter less… and the system will continue to govern itself.
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Our federal government has slowly drifted away from the
constitutional balance of power intended by the Founders.
<><>The system isn’t always governed by we, the people’s elected officials as intended,
<><>but by unelected bureaucrats, activist judges, and defiant state govts
<><>Congress became lazy, states ignored federal law,
<><>and most egregiously, courts replaced interpretative law with ideology.
<><>Pres Trump appears to be attempting to rebalance this structure.
The perpetual tendency of government towards tyranny is what makes limited government essential.
This can be tied directly to government spending - the less they have, the less they can do. Small budgets force them to focus on directing money to what they were put there to do.
Keep this in mind while the 2026 budget is being worked.
Well said, CIB-173RDABN. Thank you for the post.
Very well stated, concise & to the point. Well done. 👍
Stopped reading right there. The country started drifting from its constitutional bases before the ink was dry.
Stopped reading right there. The country started drifting from its constitutional bases before the ink was dry.
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Well I guess there is no point in ever writing a short essay on a subject. Every subject should be at least a book length study with all the footnotes and references listed.
Or, we can agree a short opinion based essay are written by different rules and assume the reader has a working knowledge of history, the time and is willing to consider someone else opinion (right or wrong) on a subject.
But we will never know yours since you decided up front not to read it, which I accept. There are many articles posted on Free Republic and there are more I don’t read than I do read, so we are in agreement on that at least. Hope the rest of your day goes well.
There is "no point" only if you think whether or not I read it is determinative of its worth. In this case and for me, an accurate historic perspective is such an indication.
BTW, I've published several articles here that have stood the test of time, such as this one. The writing gets better the more reading you do.
Such terms as "woke", "liberal", "progressive" are intentionally misleading newspeak words designed to hide their true meaning, which is the opposite. They change constantly as their veneer wears away.
Such terms as “woke”, “liberal”, “progressive” are intentionally misleading newspeak words designed to hide their true meaning, which is the opposite. They change constantly as their veneer wears away
I see the lack of any legislative process to curtail this beast is in the hands of the VP Vance. No recission bills (except 94M) There should be one a week matching the doge reports.
It boils down to this. Which is the lesser of two evils would we rather be enslaved by through central federalism?
You are correct, the Constitution has been ignored to varying degrees, but it has now gotten out of hand. However, that was not his goal, and you should have recognized that that was not his goal by the abbreviated accounting.
You do admit that that he accurately laid out the problem as it currently exists, right?
In terms of where our focus should be, no. Accreditation of teachers' colleges and universities is the key. If we can't reclaim education all is for naught.
That is a fact essay.
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