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War Powers, War Lies: Part 5: Outgunned

Posted on June 3, 2005, 6:15 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

Without the aid of the courts, Congress is no match for the Executive. Presidents decide, period. Congress, outgunned by the Executive and deserted by the Judiciary, goes along. The Framers would have been dismayed.

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