The Justice Department declared the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional

Maybe an interesting legal case!

This could be one more reason why President Trump could go down in history as one of the most consequential US presidents in recent history since President Reagan.

Caveat: I am not familiar with the Presidential Records Act.

"The Justice Department declared the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional, saying President Trump doesn’t need to comply with the post-Watergate law requiring presidents to preserve and turn over documents when they leave office."

"The Justice Department said that a federal law enacted in the wake of the Watergate scandal that requires the president to preserve certain documents and turn them over to the National Archives at the end of his administration is unconstitutional.

The opinion from Assistant Attorney General T. Elliot Gaiser, who leads the Office of Legal Counsel, concluded that the Presidential Records Act exceeds Congress' power and "aggrandizes the legislative branch" at the expense of the independence of the executive branch. ..."

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Justice Department says law requiring president to turn over records at end of administration is unconstitutional

The Legal Theory Behind Trump’s Plan to Consolidate Power: unitary executive theory

Recommendable!

The Accidental Genius of the Electoral College

Very recommendable! Explaining the U.S. Constitution, balance of power, and elections and the masterful craft behind it.

The Accidental Genius of the Electoral College - Foundation for Economic Education: Thanks to some inadvertant voting rules imposed by the framers, America will hopefully never have to experience again the unusual, dangerous degree of political power exercised by President Roosevelt

Emancipation Proclamation 150 Years Later

Posted: 1/4/2013

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The American Enterprise Institute published a paper by John Yoo titled “The Emancipation Proclamation's unforgettable lesson about presidential power”. The article e.g. emphasized following excerpt “The link between the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln’s broad view of presidential power should cause us to reflect on current controversies over the executive.”

Some Reflections On The American Civil War

Was the American Civil War really worth fighting for? Over 750,000 soldiers and a still undetermined number of civilians died because of this Civil War.

The balance of power of states vs. central government was permanently shifted towards the federal government; it was demonstrated that the Commander in Chief could subdue any state or group of states if necessary and so on.

What If Or Lessons Learnt

What would have happened if the Union had only defended against any attacks by the Confederacy instead of an all out war to defeat the rebellious Confederacy? What would have happened had the Union just ignored, but not accepted the secession of the Confederacy?

Would it not have been much cheaper in treasure and blood to just to buy off slaves from southern states? We know in hindsight that the Civil War did not end racism, which would take another 100 years and more.

Slavery Was Already Nearing Historical Extinction

Slavery would have been phased out over time anyway with or without the Civil War. Brilliant men like Abraham Lincoln should have been aware of that. Whether, the Civil War expedited this phase out is debatable and at what cost.

The Vermont constitution of 1777 was the first document in the United States to abolish slavery.

In 1807 the British abolished the slave trade with their colonies. In the Caribbean, slavery was abolished by British Parliamentary fiat, effective July 31, 1834, when 776,000 slaves in the British plantation colonies were freed and so on and so on.

It was only a matter of time …