nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/3afa0dde868ce211 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251008s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/3afa0dde868ce211 doi eng 342 23 S. Price, Zachary Author aut Government “Shutdowns” and the U.S. Constitution - Shutdowns Result from Important Checks and Balances in the U.S. System but Also Reflect the Country’s Worrying Polarization S. Price, Zachary Verfassungsblog 2025-10-08 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In a wearyingly familiar recurrence, parts of the U.S. government shut down last week after Congress failed to approve funding for the new fiscal year. Though bewildering to foreign observers (and many Americans), these government closures reflect important features of the U.S. system of checks and balances. In that sense, they are a sign of constitutional strength rather than weakness, yet this shutdown, like other recent funding lapses, also shows that acute partisan divisions are complicating American governance. CC BY-SA 4.0 Power of the Purse US constitution USA shutdown (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd USA Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/government-shutdowns-and-the-u-s-constitution/ raw object