Word: interbranch
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SINCE Congress approved the War Powers Resolution in 1974, it has been a continual sticking point between the president and the Congress. The judiciary, perhaps wishing to remain above interbranch political controversy, has been avoiding the case like it was the plague...
Actually, some of the Abscam victims might prefer to be judged by their colleagues in Congress rather than by criminal trial juries. Declares Leon Jaworski, who has been on both sides of such interbranch conflicts, as special Watergate prosecutor and special counsel to a House committee probing the Korea bribery scandal: "Congress has never done a very good job of investigating itself. The House committee should defer to a speedy and thorough investigation by the Justice Department...
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