The next President must resist the temptation

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The temptation being greater Executive powers of course.

Assuming Obama is elected, he must work with Congress to return the Executive Branch to the powers it had at the time the Constitution was written.

I think a couple amendments might even be in order to insure this.

We had Reagan/Bush, they increased executive powers massively.

Then we had Clinton, who increased executive powers by a small amount.

Then we had the Bush Administration, which has increased the powers so greatly that the executive branch isn't even recognizable anymore. We have a politicized Department of Justice, the Senate's role to advise and consent on judicial nominees is almost completely gone, and we see things like signing statements and claims of executive privilege all the time.

The Bork nomination during Reagan's term raised the specter of "Executive Supremacy", take a minute and think what that really means.

If Obama becomes President and increases the power of the Executive Branch, then when the Reagan/Bush right wing get back in control, then they'll say "Oh look, it's OK to do this because YOU did it!" And with that, Executive Supremacy shall become a reality.

That is why Obama, and us as well, must resist the temptation to use the increased powers of the Executive Branch, and instead take the moral high road, and turn the powers down.