Why Mike Johnson’s Stand Matters
The House Fidelity to Framers’ Design In the raging battle over DHS funding and border enforcement, Speaker Mike Johnson is not merely holding a tough line — he is leading the House of Representatives to fulfill its precise constitutional purpose: acting as the energetic, popularly accountable check against a Senate that the 17th Amendment has nationalized and detached from the states the Framers intended it to protect. The fresh events of this weekend have laid the drama bare for anyone willing to see it. In a rare overnight session, the Senate under Majority Leader John Thune passed a unanimous consent deal…