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Obama's Moment Arrives
Obama's Moment Arrives
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Bush’s Gift to Obama: A More Powerful State
Cato @ Liberty — ... Friends of freedom, the Constitution, and limited government have plenty of reasons to deplore the past eight years. But in case you thought we might get some relief now, this Washington Post article from inauguration morning will change your mind. One of the points it makes — as some of us warned during the past few years — is that powers claimed by one president are left in the hands of the next, even though the first president’s supporters might have less confidence in his successor’s integrity and wisdom. So here’s the government that ...

Week in Review
Cato @ Liberty — ... If Barack Obama has anything for which to thank George W. Bush, it’s the massive amount of executive power the Bush administration left for the new president. Citing a recent Washington Post article, Cato executive vice president David Boaz ...

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