Executive Power Warnings

By Michael Boldin

It should be obvious by now that the executive branch wields far too much power. The founding generation considered this kind of consolidation one of the greatest threats to liberty.

Some warned that the system wouldn’t self-enforce and predicted the “elective despotism” we live under today.

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• President or King? Antifederalist Cato No. 4
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Nullification 101: An Introduction to the History, Constitutionality, and Practical Applications of Nullification by Michael Boldin

Source: Tenth Amendment Center

Michael Boldin [send him email] is the founder of the Tenth Amendment Center. He was raised in Milwaukee, WI, and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. Follow him on twitter – @michaelboldin and Facebook.

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