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...Does the Gramm-Rudman Act violate the Constitution? Oklahoma Democratic Congressman Mike Synar raised that question hours after President Reagan signed the budget-balancing bill into law last December, in a suit joined by eleven Representatives of both parties. Last Friday a panel of three federal judges--Antonin Scalia, a staunch conservative; Norma Johnson, a liberal; and Oliver Gasch, moderately conservative--gave a unanimous answer: one key provision does breach the principle that Legislative and Executive powers be kept separate. "Therefore the automatic deficit reduction process . . . cannot be implemented...
...immediately be appealed to the Supreme Court, which may decide it as early as next month. The judges, sitting as a special panel of Washington Federal District Court, declared that until then their ruling will not take effect. Accordingly, the first round of $11.7 billion in cuts decreed by Gramm-Rudman will take place on March 1. Sponsors of the law predicted that they would eventually prevail, but Constitutional Scholar Laurance Tribe asserted: "I think the Supreme Court will ultimately strike down...
...Moses then dubs Rep. Mike Synar (D-Md.) a "hero" for standing up to special interests and taking Gramm-Rudman to court. This statement is ridiculous. Every special interest in Washington was begging Congress not to pass the law. Far from challenging them, Synar gave these interests just what they wanted. America needs Gramm-Rudman because it allows Congressmen to pass the buck while saving the country big bucks. The law mandates a reduction in next year's deficit to $144 billion, shrinking to zero by 1991. Cuts like this will never happen without Gramm-Rudman. Reagan will continue...
...Moses offers no alternative. He would rather place his faith in the courage of Congressmen to cut budgets. He forgets that they have paid lip-service to this ideal for a decade while doing nothing. It's time to give Congress some help. Gramm-Rudman fits the bill. President Harvard Republican Club
...have already answered, as shown in little or no editorial balance) but it would be hoped that a newspaper of worth would attempt to publish differing opinions on important political issues. Your recent editorials on the President's State of the Union Address of Monday, February 10, and the Gramm-Rudman editorial of February 11 only support our complaint...