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A worst-case-scenario president: Why we need constitutional literacy in America | TheHill
"...think about the hypothetical worst-case-scenario president — whomever that may be. Imagine that person having unchecked power to declare wars, to send troops into battle, to declare national emergencies. Imagine a president who decides which laws are “real” ones and which are optional, arbitrarily sets tariffs and trade policy, says anything to the American public regardless of truth. Imagine someone who picks and chooses the political viability of members of Congress based on abject loyalty. If you are comfortable with that scenario, then at least one of us can sleep at night."
Republicans these days want a president with - to say the least - extraordinary powers. A man above the law, beyond investigation, who can do or say as he pleases with no consequences; who can ignore checks and balances and instruct his subordinates to defy congressional oversight. This is not what the constitution had in mind.
"...think about the hypothetical worst-case-scenario president — whomever that may be. Imagine that person having unchecked power to declare wars, to send troops into battle, to declare national emergencies. Imagine a president who decides which laws are “real” ones and which are optional, arbitrarily sets tariffs and trade policy, says anything to the American public regardless of truth. Imagine someone who picks and chooses the political viability of members of Congress based on abject loyalty. If you are comfortable with that scenario, then at least one of us can sleep at night."
Republicans these days want a president with - to say the least - extraordinary powers. A man above the law, beyond investigation, who can do or say as he pleases with no consequences; who can ignore checks and balances and instruct his subordinates to defy congressional oversight. This is not what the constitution had in mind.