The Art of PRESIDENTIAL USURPATION.

From: USA Today (Magazine) | Date: November 1, 2000| Author: OLSON, WILLIAM J.; WOLL, ALAN A. | Copyright information

Throughout the nation's history, presidents have been able to use executive orders to circumvent the Constitution's division of power.

DURING the recent presidential scandals, concluding with Pres. Clinton's impeachment, many called for the investigations to end so that the President could get back to "the business of running the country." How did we get to a point where so many Americans think of government as embodied in the president and liken him to a man running a ...

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