WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) led more than half of the members of the Senate Republican Conference today to introduce the Executive Needs to Faithfully Observe and Respect Congressional Enactments of the Law (ENFORCE the Law) Act to ensure the president upholds his constitutional obligation to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” To read the bill, click here.

The ENFORCE the Law Act puts a procedure in place to permit Congress to authorize a lawsuit against the executive branch for failure to faithfully execute the laws. The legislation also provides for expedited consideration of any such lawsuit, first through a three-judge panel at the federal district court level and then by providing for direct appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“It’s the president’s constitutional responsibility to faithfully execute the law, and Americans are rightly concerned about executive overreach and dysfunction under the current administration,” Blunt said. “This bill restores the system of checks and balances and reiterates the importance of the Constitution’s curb on runaway executive branch power.”