{"id":27028,"date":"2017-10-19T17:52:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T22:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=27028"},"modified":"2017-10-19T17:52:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T22:52:26","slug":"donald-trump-didnt-create-danger-of-presidential-dictatorship-he-inherited-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=27028","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump didn&#8217;t create danger of presidential dictatorship, he inherited it"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"module-position-QWU0XbyA59c\" class=\"storytopbar-bucket story-headline-module story-story-headline-module\">\n<h3 class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2017\/10\/18\/we-wouldnt-freaking-out-dictator-trump-if-we-saw-our-past-tyrants-what-they-were-james-bovard-column\/587500001\/\">Donald Trump didn&#8217;t create danger of presidential dictatorship, he inherited it<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"module-position-QWU0Xb1nxMg\" class=\"storytopbar-bucket priority-asset-module story-priority-asset-module\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"module-position-QWU0Xb17xFk\" class=\"storytopbar-bucket story-byline-module story-story-byline-module\">\n<div class=\"asset-metabar\"><video id=\"vjs_1508451705160_html5_api\" class=\"vjs-tech\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.brightcove.com\/services\/mobile\/streaming\/index\/master.m3u8?videoId=5616179105001&amp;pubId=29906170001&amp;secure=true\" preload=\"metadata\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-account=\"29906170001\" data-player=\"rJmr0Xc9\" data-video-id=\"ref:106766782\" data-embed=\"default\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"asset-double-wide double-wide p402_premium\" role=\"main\">\n<div id=\"module-position-QWU0XcCOaEQ\" class=\"story-asset video-asset\">\n<div class=\"ui-video-wrapper \">\n<div class=\"js-ui-video-init ui-pluto-video js-video-aps js-ui-pluto-video story-video inline-story-video priority smallarticleattophtml5 pluto-video-ready\" data-video-id=\"106766782\">\n<div id=\"vjs_1508451705160\" class=\"video-js pluto-video vjs-mouse vjs-controls-enabled vjs-workinghover bc-player-rJmr0Xc9_default vjs-ima3-html5 ima3-loading-spinner vjs-plugins-ready vjs-contextmenu vjs-contextmenu-ui vjs-player-info vjs-errors vjs-ad-controls vjs-has-started ima3-ad-loading vjs-paused not-hover vjs-user-inactive\" role=\"region\" data-embed=\"default\" data-video-id=\"5616179105001\" data-player=\"rJmr0Xc9\" data-account=\"29906170001\" aria-label=\"video player\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"vjs-control-bar\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"vjs-video-title js-video-title\"><span class=\"vjs-video-title-span\">Sen. Warren says Trump is losing to the Constitution \u2014 but is he?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ui-pluto-still\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ui-pluto-still-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/9f2c77c49ee5c8c5597ec74afecf329ec1d3fc20\/r=540\/https\/media.gannett-cdn.com\/29906170001\/29906170001_5616203953001_5616179105001-vs.jpg\" width=\"540px\" height=\"304px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"pluto-embed-overlay\">\n<div class=\"embed-overlay-message\">\n<div class=\"direct-link\">\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2017\/10\/18\/we-wouldnt-freaking-out-dictator-trump-if-we-saw-our-past-tyrants-what-they-were-james-bovard-column\/587500001\/\">Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren tweeted the president&#8217;s &#8220;illegal Muslim ban is now 0 for 3 vs the Constitution.&#8221; Video provided by Newsy <span class=\"credit\">Newslook<\/span><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"module-position-QWU0XcCU6mw\" class=\"story-asset story-leadin-asset\">\n<p class=\"lead-in\"><strong>Those who denounce Trump&#8217;s constitutional depredations and anti-democratic pronouncements are clueless about the real threat.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"module-position-QWU0XcD1QxY\" class=\"story-asset story-metadata-asset\">\n<div class=\"article-metadata-wrap\">\n<section id=\"module-position-QWU0Xb-jA-E\" class=\"storymetadata-bucket expandable-photo-module story-expandable-photo-module\">\n<aside class=\"single-photo expandable-collapsed\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"expand-img-horiz\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/484c06a343c40bc06830fb0045a8bfcecf329e36\/c=64-0-2993-2202&amp;r=x404&amp;c=534x401\/local\/-\/media\/2017\/08\/21\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636389385229711097-XXX-IMG-TRUMP-OBAMA-4-1-1-C9JAKKFI-93173933.JPG\" alt=\"XXX IMG_TRUMP_OBAMA__4__1_1_C9JAKKFI.JPG\" data-mycapture-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/media\/2017\/08\/21\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636389385229711097-XXX-IMG-TRUMP-OBAMA-4-1-1-C9JAKKFI-93173933.JPG\" data-mycapture-sm-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/ff49be55d79b0ee87b3509c02af043e79f75bd15\/r=500x367\/local\/-\/media\/2017\/08\/21\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636389385229711097-XXX-IMG-TRUMP-OBAMA-4-1-1-C9JAKKFI-93173933.JPG\" \/><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"module-position-QWU0XcDtY94\" class=\"story-asset inline-share-tools-asset\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">Americans nowadays have a bad attitude towards presidents. Many people are denouncing Donald Trump as a dictator. But the real problem in this nation is the dictatorial illiteracy that has allowed modern presidents to commandeer far too much power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">Trump\u2019s saber rattling, rude outbursts\u00a0and rancorous tweets have spooked folks far and wide. But most Americans are not sufficiently informed on recent history to recognize where Trump poses dire threats beyond the usual Washington machinations. Most citizens are unaware that both political parties have perennially championed bureaucratic aggrandizement over civil liberties.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the experts who have condemned Trump are also clueless about how far federal control has stretched. Yale professor Samuel Moyn and Oxford professor David Priestland recently declared in a <em>New York Times<\/em> op-ed that \u201cthere is no real evidence that Mr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/11\/opinion\/sunday\/trump-hysteria-democracy-tyranny.html?mcubz=3\">Trump wants to seize power<\/a> unconstitutionally, and there is no reason to think he could succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But violating the Constitution is practically the job description for modern presidents. It was George W. Bush\u2019s White House, not Trump, that\u00a0asserted a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/ws\/?pid=66011\">commander-in-chief override<\/a>\u201d entitling\u00a0presidents to ignore the law and the Bill of Rights. Congress utterly failed to thwart that outrageous claim.<\/p>\n<p>Presidents have amassed vast authority because they are judged on their rhetoric and purported goals, not on their constitutional fidelity. Former president Barack\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Commentary\/Opinion\/2011\/0517\/Assassination-nation-Are-there-any-limits-on-President-Obama-s-license-to-kill\">Obama\u2019s drone assassinations<\/a> of U.S.\u00a0citizens were non-issues because observers think\u00a0he\u00a0\u201cmeant well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump didn&#8217;t create danger of presidential dictatorship, he inherited it Sen. Warren says Trump is losing to the Constitution \u2014 but is he? Democratic Sen. 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