“But over time, the executive branch grew exceedingly powerful. Two world wars emphasized the president’s commander in chief role and removed constraints on its power. By the second half of the 20th century, the republic was routinely fighting wars without its legislative branch, Congress, declaring war, as the Constitution required. With Congress often paralyzed by political conflict, presidents increasingly governed by edicts.”

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      3 hours ago

      Error 404 argument not found

      Most of the Lemmy crowd would probably side ideologically with Thomas Jefferson and he called the Federal government the “foreign department”.

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        What exactly do you want them to refute? You offered opinion they rebutted with essentially “your argument is shitty and stupid” simple as.