These views are mine alone, but they should be yours, too.
The tension between congressional and presidential powers is interesting enough, but a president’s own interpretation of the limits of his constitutional powers is an exceptionally fascinating phenomenon to watch. (Keep reading)
If the men who wrote the Constitution thought the president should have Chuck Norris-level powers, they would have specified that in the text of the document, just as they specified Congress’s enumerated powers in Article I, Section 8. Let’s stop pretending that the President of the United States is a Hollywood action/thriller star, and start treating him like the just-a-man he is. (Keep reading)