When George W. Bush expanded the unilateral powers of the presidency, Democrats called it a dangerous precedent. Republicans allowed it.
When Barack Obama expanded the unilateral powers of the presidency, Republicans called it a dangerous precedent. Democrats allowed it.
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The growth of the Executive State and the abrogation of Congress’ authority are a real and present threats to the Constitution’s balance of powers, and yet U.S. political leaders – and those voters who mindlessly follow them – stood mute while “their guy” grabbed power.
This selective outrage, this hypocrisy, got called out in the Senate on Thursday. Ben Sasse, a freshman Republican senator from Nebraska, challenged his fellow lawmakers to join him in a “thought experiment.”
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