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By Roger Kimball

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2008-09-04 09:00:05

Here we go again, Boris.

It could be like our discussion of the similarities between NAZI style socialism and Barack style socialism.

I’ll just take one of your egregious claims, if you don’t mind, since I don’t have all day.

“…arguing that the executive branch should be exempt from oversight by the legislative branch…”

The legislative branch doesn’t have oversight of the executive branch. Nothing in Article I, outlining the powers of the Legislative branch, grants such a power.

Are you referencing the Executive branch’s current contention that Congress doesn’t have the power to subpoena the President’s immediate advisers ?

I think that’s reasonable, that Presidential advisers should not be susceptible to Congressional witch hunts.