Put aside the matter of whether Trump's move is technically legal; many conservatives can agree that it should not be and that the best that can be said is that Congress has given too much power to the president.
Progressives are unhappy not because the executive's power has grown, but because a Republican is grabbing power to advance a political goal they do not like.
While the Constitution nominally grants more power to the legislative branch, it established an executive branch that was ready-made to snatch power from the Congress.
While Clay's particular ire was directed at President Andrew Jackson, he believed there was an institutional threat from executive power in general.
"The pervading principle of our system of government - of all free government - is not merely the possibility, but the absolute certainty of infidelity and treachery," by an executive forever on the hunt for more power.
How does Congress speak? In two ways only: first, through legislation that is impossible for the average person to understand; second, through indecipherable cross-talk, as partisans on both sides snipe at one another, leaving people to wonder what Congress is actually saying.
If we want Congress to be a more assertive entity in our government, then congressional leaders must have the power to induce the majority to speak with one voice, by forcing the rank-and-file into line.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/how-congress-can-reclaim-its-power/
Progressives are unhappy not because the executive's power has grown, but because a Republican is grabbing power to advance a political goal they do not like.
While the Constitution nominally grants more power to the legislative branch, it established an executive branch that was ready-made to snatch power from the Congress.
While Clay's particular ire was directed at President Andrew Jackson, he believed there was an institutional threat from executive power in general.
"The pervading principle of our system of government - of all free government - is not merely the possibility, but the absolute certainty of infidelity and treachery," by an executive forever on the hunt for more power.
How does Congress speak? In two ways only: first, through legislation that is impossible for the average person to understand; second, through indecipherable cross-talk, as partisans on both sides snipe at one another, leaving people to wonder what Congress is actually saying.
If we want Congress to be a more assertive entity in our government, then congressional leaders must have the power to induce the majority to speak with one voice, by forcing the rank-and-file into line.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/how-congress-can-reclaim-its-power/
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