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corner.nationalreview.com - 2/20/2009
Who Needs Congress?
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Perhaps the most striking thing about Obama's proposed housing plan is this nugget from The New York Times: "Except for the provision that empowers bankruptcy judges, almost all of the other elements can be enacted by Mr. Obama without further action by Congress." How have we gotten to the ...
Full text of Obama's Congress speech
guardian.co.uk - 2/25/2009
Full text of Obama's Congress speech
— guardian.co.uk — Remarks as prepared for delivery Madame Speaker, Mr Vice-President, members of Congress and the first lady of... the United States: I've come here tonight not only to address the distinguished men and women in this great chamber, but to speak frankly ... (more) Full text of Obama's Congress speech

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politico.com - 2/20/2009
Iseman to POLITICO: The Times lied - Michael Calderone
— politico.com — Vicki Iseman, who sued The New York Times over a story suggesting that she had had a... romantic relationship with John McCain, is now accusing the paper of lying about whether it apologized or retracted the story in the course of settlement discussions. ... (more) Iseman to POLITICO: The Times lied - Michael Calderone

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Governors v. Congress
online.wsj.com - 2/23/2009
Governors v. Congress
— online.wsj.com — The stimulus sets a long-term budget trap for the states.... (more) Governors v. Congress
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Matthew Yglesias:  Right-Wing Rediscovers Threat of Executive Power

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  The Corner Re-Discovers Executive Power

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Right-Wing Rediscovers Threat of Executive Power
Matthew Yglesias — ... You read the the strangest things on the Corner these days: “As Montesquieu once wrote, ‘When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty.’” ...

The Corner Re-Discovers Executive Power
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — The jaw drops a little farther. Jerry Taylor: Congress has delegated so much power to the executive branch that the old rules we learned in high-school civics are now null and void. Those old rules, remember, held that the legislature made laws and the president executed laws. Now, Congress routinely delegates massive amounts of broad law-making authority to the president in order to avoid responsibility for anything. Meanwhile: Palin-Santelli 2012! I kid you not. With extra starbursts! (Hat tip: ...

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