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Letter: What happened to the three branches of government?

(Andrew Harnik | AP) In this Sept. 10, 2019, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., arrives for a news conference following a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. Fights over abortion and President Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall have thrown Senate efforts to advance $1.4 trillion worth of agency spending bills into disarray, threatening one of Washington’s few bipartisan accomplishments this year.

I have to confess I am confused.

Our forefathers created three branches of government. The legislative branch creates laws. The judicial branch interprets and enforces law. The executive branch tells the legislature what law to create?

Is that right, Sen. McConnell?

And is the attorney general part of the judiciary or part of the executive branch? It is really getting very difficult to understand.

Bill Adams, Holladay

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