03-14-2003, 02:17 AM
Hi,
but just imagine: a strict Constitutionalist in the White House. What a concept!
And what would the poor sap do? Reduce the power of the presidency to what the Constitution allows? Then he would be powerless to cut the federal government back to its proper bounds. Increase the power of the presidency to what he would need to curb the federal government and especially the federal bureaucracy? Then he would set a precedence to do even more damage to the Constitution than has been done so far.
Now, a *congress* dominated by strict Constitutionalists would have a chance if that weren't a chimera in the first place. ;)
--Pete
but just imagine: a strict Constitutionalist in the White House. What a concept!
And what would the poor sap do? Reduce the power of the presidency to what the Constitution allows? Then he would be powerless to cut the federal government back to its proper bounds. Increase the power of the presidency to what he would need to curb the federal government and especially the federal bureaucracy? Then he would set a precedence to do even more damage to the Constitution than has been done so far.
Now, a *congress* dominated by strict Constitutionalists would have a chance if that weren't a chimera in the first place. ;)
--Pete
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