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4. Yes. All we have accomplished is to embolden the presidency.

Reply to atreides1 (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 3, 2025, 10:51 AM

Jul 3

Trump Plans to Expand Presidential Power Over Agencies ...

The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com › U.S. › Politics
Jul 18, 2023 — Donald J. Trump and his allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government if voters return him to the White House

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Excerpt from interview: Gillian Metzger outlines arguments against the unitary executive theory, asserting that Congress has the power to constrain an expanded presidency.
https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/americas-town-hall-programs/executive-authority-presidential-power-from-americas-founding-to-today

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Turns Out Appeasing Trump Only Emboldened Him -- Ryan Cooper - The American Prospect [View all] erronis Jul 3 OP

Yes and it was painful to watch for many of us. Our governments wisdom was to heal Passages Jul 3 #1

That's the problem atreides1 Jul 3 #3

Yes. All we have accomplished is to embolden the presidency. Passages Jul 3 #4

Never appease a bully. They just see you as weak. Biophilic Jul 3 #2

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