Both parties have ranted and raved about a branch of the government taking too much power, from another. Then candidate Obama ranted about then President Bush being “imperial.” Good grief, look at him now, even the NYT agrees, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/23/opinion/sunday/ross-douthat-the-making-of-an-imperial-president.html?_r=0.
The courts wax and wane, legislating or reversing themselves later. Congress whines but can’t come together as a body to stop it.
But, what is scary to me is the growth of the fourth branch, the bureaucracy. Not elected, but directed to carry out something and then mission creep happens so they can expand their mission and jobs, etc.
Mike Lee wrote a great article in NR, July 11, 2016, “The Incredible Shrinking Congress.” You would think that both parties would see that by allowing the unelected power they are hurting themselves in the long run. The enemy of my enemy is my friend applies. Both parties need to bring balance back by ensuring money is spent, people are hired, things are bought only by the authority of Congress.
The slope is slippery, it is getting steeper.