# Excessive Presidential Powers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excessive-presidential-powers/113107>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 9, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excessive-presidential-powers/113107 "2002-06-09T15:57:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![berdollos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@berdollos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berdollos)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excessive-presidential-powers/113107/1 "2002-06-09T15:57:10Z")

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It seems to me that, with more and more powers falling into the hands of the President, that, in the future, we could be at the mercy of an unstable or dictatorial president.

Are we currently giving away our system of checks and balances in the war on terror?

What are we leaving ourselves open for in the future?

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excessive-presidential-powers/113107/2 "2002-06-09T19:32:22Z")

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Duplicate thread. See [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=119452](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=119452)