The Need to Roll Back Presidential Power Grabs

In the seven and a half years since September 11, the United States has witnessed one of the greatest expansions of executive authority in its history, at the expense of the constitutionally mandated separation of powers. President Obama, as only the third sitting senator to be elected president in American history, and the first since John F. Kennedy, may be more likely to respect the separation of powers than President Bush was. But rather than put my ... Full Story »

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Patricia L'Herrou
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by Patricia L'Herrou - Apr. 21, 2009

i encourage readers to compare this with another newstrust story, 'the undemocratic power grab' ( l.a. times), with a similar theme. not only is this one long enough to include greater context and sourcing, those are used by the writer to make reasonable, convincing arguments about executive power

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