One takeaway for me is that the american Presidency is extremely powerful—especially when you don’t care about passing legislation or popularity.
The unlimited pardons and vetoes is something that has been only sporadically used in the past, limited mostly by convention. Just reading the constitution text-as-written the presidency is wildly powerful, especially with a supreme court following a unitary executive interpretation and a lame-duck congress that does not care to insist on its war declaration prerogative.
I’m amused that the lightcone may have been lost in the 1790′s when the US constitutional framework was designed.
One takeaway for me is that the american Presidency is extremely powerful—especially when you don’t care about passing legislation or popularity.
The unlimited pardons and vetoes is something that has been only sporadically used in the past, limited mostly by convention. Just reading the constitution text-as-written the presidency is wildly powerful, especially with a supreme court following a unitary executive interpretation and a lame-duck congress that does not care to insist on its war declaration prerogative.
I’m amused that the lightcone may have been lost in the 1790′s when the US constitutional framework was designed.