Separation of Powers and the Problem of Ends and Means: Why the Supreme Court Should not Resolve Disputes Between Congress and the President

• In Event: Checks and Balances in the American Legal System

Brief Overview

I argue in this paper that separation of powers disputes between Congress and the president should be considered non-justiciable. The separation of powers is a legally indeterminate political architecture, not a judicially-enforced legal doctrine.

Author

• Thomas Bell, Knox College