TCS Daily – Real Power Is Something You Take
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006
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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 James Joyner
Hmmm. I guess any criminal could use the same logic.
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Read the article and then comment, please.
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Oh, come on James — don’t go expecting so much of poor Hal.
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