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Quote by: Osborn A couple examples: Executive Order Privlidge, Removing the War Powers from Congress. |
What about those two do you perceive as detrimental?
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Quote by: Osborn I think a lot of problems we have today, could easily be rectified by having the original Constitution done as a contract, having its own dictionary of terms used, requiring those words used be attributed direct, definite meanings. |
This is something
Auto and I have touched on multiple times in our discussion; that definitive vagaries result in different interpretations.
"As long as
this word means
this, then I'm right."
I think the agreement we came to was that using our different defintions, we were each correct.
My other question is how, then, would you propose returning the Constitution to the clean slate? Does this include scrapping all the Amendments and starting again, or leaving the Bill of Rights?
I only ask because there are some Amendments in the Bill that I think are current and applicable, but others I would remove in a second (... "second" being the appropriate word).
Before I can intelligently respond, I'm also wondering how you perceive the original intent and role of the Executive branch as a whole, not just the Presidency.
I personally think we've strayed from what the word actually means. I think the President should be the something of a governmental project manager. Not the power to make decisions, but the power to coordinate and focus decisions..