All Posts Tagged With: "presidency"
Lawless Government
One week ago today the War Powers Resolution clock ran out on the Libyan intervention, yet President Obama has neither ceased operations nor asked for congressional authorization.
27May2011 | Sheldon Richman | 26 comments | ContinuedNo One Can Run the Country
When we hear pundits pleading with President Obama to exert leadership, we are hearing an invocation of the democratic version of the Führerprinzip.
18Mar2011 | Sheldon Richman | 12 comments | ContinuedAn Impossible Job
Conventional wisdom has it that the more complex a nation’s economy, the more government oversight and regulation are needed to keep it from spinning out of control. It follows that government must grow in size and complexity along with the economy. Apparently, however, our government has become so vast and complex that it may have [...]
24Feb2011 | Richard W. Fulmer | 2 comments | ContinuedExecutive Privilege
I see Barack Obama has one-upped George W. Bush in defense of executive autocracy by invoking both state secrets and sovereign immunity against people suing the government over Bush’s warrantless wiretapping. Well, what’s the point of being president if you’re not going to have all those cool executive powers Bush accumulated?Kevin Carson has a good [...]
10Apr2009 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedLarry Reed Discusses Grover Cleveland
Hat tip Gerry Nicholls
18Nov2008 | Mike Van Winkle | 0 comments | Continued-
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