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Livin' in the Leviathan

Hobbes, help me! A daily muse upon the task of reading Hobbes' Leviathan and Rabelais' Gargantua and thereby keeping a promise to a dear departed friend . . . and whatever else slips out of my addled mind. Like bats. You see em? They're everywhere!

Monday, July 23, 2007

Other Voices in the Whale

Besides Norman Ornstein's article on executive privilege at the American Enterprise Institute, also read Adam Cohen's editorial in the NYT today. One explicit argument made is that "the Constitution cannot enforce itself," and that Congress has to push back agasint the Imperial president. James Madison would.
Posted by Mr. Pantagruel at 4:51 PM

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