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imperial presidency

noun

(sometimes initial capital letters)
  1. a U.S. presidency that is characterized by greater power than the Constitution allows.


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Origin of imperial presidency1

First recorded in 1970–75
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The reason these facially absurd autopen claims are so vitally important to the emerging theory of the imperial presidency is that they reveal precisely how cynical Trump’s view of boundless presidential power really is.

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Trump has been back in the White House for two weeks and is already remaking the federal government — and trying to create an imperial presidency.

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He’s trying to create an imperial presidency — and he’s ruling by decree.

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However, there still exists the Senate minority and the filibuster, a free press, a sizable segment of the business community that will not profit from changes to the status quo, the American political penchant to “throw the bums out” in the next election — and most notably, the rule of law to act as boundaries on an imperial presidency.

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It promises to be a heretofore unequaled imperial presidency — unitary executive theory made real, but on steroids.

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