"The Framers built checks and balances into the Constitution to prevent the President or any other branch of government from consolidating and wielding all power. “The accumulation of all powers . . . in the same hands,” wrote James Madison, is “the very definition of tyranny.” But these checks and balances have failed to stop President Obama’s lawlessness." [ECS]
Debate Magazine
"The Framers built checks and balances into the Constitution to prevent the President or any other branch of government from consolidating and wielding all power. “The accumulation of all powers . . . in the same hands,” wrote James Madison, is “the very definition of tyranny.” But these checks and balances have failed to stop President Obama’s lawlessness." [ECS]
