Bowsher v. Synar (1986)

Court Filing · Supreme Court of the United States (Burger, C.J.) · July 7, 1986

U.S. Supreme Court, July 1986: struck down part of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings budget law for giving executive power to an officer controlled by Congress. The Court quoted Madison's Federalist No. 47, citing Montesquieu: 'there can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person.'

there can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person

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U.S. Supreme Court, July 1986: struck down part of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings budget law for giving executive power to an officer controlled by Congress. The Court quoted Madison's Federalist No. 47, citing Montesquieu: 'there can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person.'

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