Showing posts with label Nixon Republicans. Show all posts
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Monday, February 10, 2020

Trump's Acquittal: The Ultimate Triumph of the Imperial Presidency

by Nomad


In 1973, in the throes of the Nixon scandal, author Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. published a book entitled "The Imperial Presidency." in that book, he warned that the office of president of the United States had drifted far from the one envisioned by the Founding Fathers. Less of a servant of the people and into a king without the actual title. He argued that a presidency becomes imperial when it relies on powers well outside those allowed by the Constitution of the United States.