MEMORANDUM OPINION
THOMAS F. HOGAN, District Judge.
The matter before the Court involves the interplay of a recent federal statute, the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, with a well settled principle of constitutional law, the separation of powers between the legislative and judicial branches of government. To place the matter in context, the Court will first trace the history of this litigation and the corresponding history of the statute involved.
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