CPAC 2021 and the Man with the Midas Touch
If there was any hope that that the GOP would broker an unsteady peace between pro-Trump and #NeverTrumper Republicans, let alone abandon Trumpism once and for all, those hopes were all but squashed last week at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
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OP-ED Stroke of a Pen, Law of the Land, NOT Cool
The U.S. president’s power has been consistently growing since our country was founded. The executive branch, which presidents have almost complete control over, has significantly expanded to accommodate for the industrialization and development of a world superpower.
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The Debate Over a Presidential Self-Pardon
At the tail end of Trump’s presidency, it was widely speculated that he might try and issue himself a presidential pardon. Perhaps in part because the Justice Department deems prosecution of a sitting president to be unconstitutional, Trump was known to consider himself immune to all punishment by virtue of his position.
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