Redefining Hypocrisy It would be laughable if it weren’t so deadly serious. The halls of Congress reverberated recently with those righteous constitutional words “separation of powers.” This cornerstone of our liberty pre-dates even the Constitution, and is enshrined in it. It says, simply, in the words of our Supreme Court, that one co-equal branch of government (the executive branch, i.e., the president, the Congress, or the judiciary) may not constitutionally act to “impair” the ability of another branch to carry out responsibilities assigned to it. As legendary Chief Justice John Marshall taught nearly 200 years ago, any attempt to do...