Presidential power-tripping
Fox News
by Radley Balko
05/20/08
The most important issue in this November’s presidential election isn’t Iraq or terrorism or the economy, though it plays into all three. The most important issue is presidential power. In our history and civics classes, we’re taught that the genius of the Constitution is the checks and balances it imposes on the three branches of government. The founders understood that each branch — the president, the Congress and the courts — would seek to expand its power. They then set up a system that not only acknowledges man’s desire to accumulate power but also one that harnesses that desire and uses it to keep any one branch from becoming too influential. That system has mostly served us well. But an important new book details how the delicate balance of power in the federal government has been unraveling for nearly a century now...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356630,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=presidential+power
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=checks+and+balances
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Radley+Balko
by Radley Balko
05/20/08
The most important issue in this November’s presidential election isn’t Iraq or terrorism or the economy, though it plays into all three. The most important issue is presidential power. In our history and civics classes, we’re taught that the genius of the Constitution is the checks and balances it imposes on the three branches of government. The founders understood that each branch — the president, the Congress and the courts — would seek to expand its power. They then set up a system that not only acknowledges man’s desire to accumulate power but also one that harnesses that desire and uses it to keep any one branch from becoming too influential. That system has mostly served us well. But an important new book details how the delicate balance of power in the federal government has been unraveling for nearly a century now...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356630,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=presidential+power
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=checks+and+balances
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Radley+Balko
rudkla - 21. Mai, 10:21
