TCS Daily – Real Power Is Something You Take

James Joyner | Wednesday, January 11, 2006

My latest piece at TCS Daily, “Real Power Is Something You Take, is up. The title comes from the world of pop culture:

Fictional “Dallas” patriarch Jock Ewing once told his equally fictional son, Bobby, that “Nobody gives you power. Real power is something you take.” All of our great presidents — and some of the less-than-great ones — took great liberty with the Constitution. They have seized the initiative and forced Congress to react.

Much more at the link.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.

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Hmmm. I guess any criminal could use the same logic.

Posted by Hal | January 11, 2006 | 03:38 pm | Permalink

 

Read the article and then comment, please.

Posted by James Joyner | January 11, 2006 | 03:42 pm | Permalink

 

Oh, come on James -- don't go expecting so much of poor Hal.

Posted by McGehee | January 11, 2006 | 10:38 pm | Permalink

 

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