The President can commit the country to war without much consultation with the legislative branch of government. He seems to sanguinely pass judgement of innocent and guilt in his public remarks on matters currently under consideration by a jury
To be sure, the congress has not been dissolved. At this writing, the supreme court is still meeting to decide vital questions of constitutional law. But the autonomy of the two branches of government seems to be in question. The executive branch, acting in behalf of the ruling class, but often without their consent, seems to suffer the supreme arrogance of power. Senators are reduced to delivering feeble whining protests against this concentration of power.
One might think that these words were written about George W Bush. Rather, I got them from a pamphlet I’m currently reading, called Honor America – The nature of fascism, historic struggles against it and a strategy for today by Stanley Aronowitz. It was released in 1970.
Some things never change, eh?
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