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The Imperial Presidency
Posted on 2/26/14 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 2/26/14 at 7:56 pm
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All the GOP wants is to get their guy in next time so he can run the country by executive order.
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Jonathan Turley, Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University, testified that the expansion of executive power is happening so fast that America is at a “constitutional tipping point.”
“My view [is] that the president, has in fact, exceeded his authority in a way that is creating a destabilizing influence in a three branch system,” he said. “I want to emphasize, of course, this problem didn’t begin with President Obama, I was critical of his predecessor President Bush as well, but the rate at which executive power has been concentrated in our system is accelerating. And frankly, I am very alarmed by the implications of that aggregation of power.”
“What also alarms me, however, is that the two other branches appear not just simply passive, but inert in the face of this concentration of authority,” Turley said.
All the GOP wants is to get their guy in next time so he can run the country by executive order.
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Posted on 2/26/14 at 7:58 pm to Veritas vincit
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I want to emphasize, of course, this problem didn’t begin with President Obama
Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:00 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Exactly.
This post was edited on 2/26/14 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:05 pm to Draconian Sanctions
This problem began with Woodrow Wilson. It's been a century..time to put a stop to it and start a new era of bringing America back
Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:06 pm to Veritas vincit
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the painful fact is that Barack Obama is the president that Nixon always wanted to be.
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Obama has not only openly asserted powers that were the grounds for Nixon's impeachment, but he has made many love him for it. More than any figure in history, Obama has been a disaster for the U.S. civil liberties movement. By coming out of the Democratic Party and assuming an iconic position, Obama has ripped the movement in half. Many Democrats and progressive activists find themselves unable to oppose Obama for the authoritarian powers he has assumed. It is not simply a case of personality trumping principle; it is a cult of personality.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:08 pm to Lsupimp
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Many Democrats and progressive activists find themselves unable to oppose Obama for the authoritarian powers he has assumed. It is not simply a case of personality trumping principle; it is a cult of personality.
this is silly. Most democrats have been disillusioned with Obama for awhile. We aren't public about it for the same reasons republicans weren't public about not being a Bush supporter anymore. You don't want to lose face re: the other side.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:09 pm to Draconian Sanctions
You dropped a pom-pom, bro. I see the skirt still fits though. 
Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:12 pm to Draconian Sanctions
That's sweet. Now, if y'all would just quit playing the race card when people on the right criticize him, I'd be happy.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:15 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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I want to emphasize, of course, this problem didn’t begin with President Obama
he just ran on a platform condemning it then turn around and amplify it.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:17 pm to SammyTiger
quote:With a kick arse pen.
he just ran on a platform condemning it then turn around and amplify it.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:18 pm to SammyTiger
The whole thing is a bought and paid for dog and pony show. The corporations and banks control western "democracies" now and have for 40 years.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:26 pm to Lsupimp
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Obama has not only openly asserted powers that were the grounds for Nixon's impeachment, but he has made many love him for it. More than any figure in history, Obama has been a disaster for the U.S. civil liberties movement. By coming out of the Democratic Party and assuming an iconic position, Obama has ripped the movement in half. Many Democrats and progressive activists find themselves unable to oppose Obama for the authoritarian powers he has assumed. It is not simply a case of personality trumping principle; it is a cult of personality.
Yeah, when I was younger we all thought the oppressors would be the conservatives. Boy were we wrong.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:28 pm to Veritas vincit
So you buy into it huh? You are one of the sheeple.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:29 pm to BeerCity
Buy into what?
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