Quote:I have (at present) a hard time caring about this issue. It may be something the Democrats want to explore ad nauseum (in lieu of actually acting on it),
Democrats? We've already established that Pelosi and the DNC crowd aren't pushing in this direction. On the other hand, we've also established that Fein, Vigurie, Barr and other conservatives are. So there's some dishonesty or lack of clarity in your thinking here.
Quote:but to me it boils down to a delusional Congress thinking they should be in charge of the Executive Branch. Bush and Cheney are using legal maneuvering to prevent that from happening. Good.
Again, your use of "in charge" is either dishonest or unclear. Your constitutional system, as designed by your founders, has balanced powers as a fundamental principle. Are you clear on why that principle is there and what it seeks to avoid?
Quote:Back to Fein - this is what he said last year (which is where I remembered him mentioning Hillary specifically - noting also in the interview that the Democrats are "intellectually bankrupt):
Fine, but he doesn't make the claim or argument here which you earlier suggested... to paraphrase, that the danger of overly expanded executive power is the use of such power to harm one's political enemies. Obviously it might be used that way but that isn't what Fein (or those other conservatives mentioned) are pointing to.
Quote: (That type of thing ended with FDR, though).
How so? What institutional or legal impediments were put into place which achieved that which you claim?
