Bowsher Case Summary

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Bradley Sanderson
4/10/16
Case Brief (3) “Bowsher”

Bowsher
Facts:
“In 1985 congress passed The Facts that make “Bowsher v. Synar” one of the more prominent Supreme Court cases we have today. What this case was about how congress balanced budget and emergency deficit control act,” (300 Stephens) which was also called Gramm-Rudman-Hollings.The Supreme Court was put on this case because there was a problem if the act itself violated the separation of powers by appointing the Comptroller General to particular areas in the deficit reduction process. This acts purpose was to eliminate or reduce the federal budget deficit. This idea set a maximum amount of money that the government was able to use and if they went over it the government would have