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How constitutional guardrails have always contained presidential ambitions

  • Written by Victor Menaldo, Professor of Political Science, Co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, University of Washington
imageSince the U.S. Congress first met in 1789, it has been a key check on the power of the president.Allyn Cox, via Architect of the Capitol

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