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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jan. 8, 2009

Letters to the Editor

Founding fathers knew how to go about limiting powers.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

"Unitary executive" is one of the most misused phrases of the past eight years ("Obama Faces Key Tests on Executive Power," Dec. 26, 2008). For example, recently, Vice President-elect Joseph Biden got it wrong by defining it as "meaning that in time of war essentially all power, you know, goes to the executive." This is especially bad given the fact that Biden fancies himself a constitutional scholar; periodically teaching a seminar ...

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