Ending the Era of the Imperial Presidency

[anthonyjg]

Yes, though I would set the bar further back than FDR. Even before FDR's time in office, the president had a growing amount of power that I'm not comfortable with. Polk fought the Mexican War from the White House, bullying Congress into support, and Jackson's veto message of the recharter bill showed that he was motivated by distrust of the bank, not out of doubting its constitutionality.

Of course, as Averroës pointed out, this requires changes to Congress, most notably non-geographic proportional representation. So long as the President is seen as the only national representative of all people, then the imperial presidency can't be stopped.