Posted on 02/22/2020 8:59:15 AM PST by ransomnote
SNIP
Heres the problem: Many of these presidential norms and traditions that Trump has left by the wayside arent timeless at all; theyre actually quite new. They grew up alongside and in reaction to the expansion of both the federal state and the presidencya process that began in the early 20th century but gained steam from the 1930s onward. With the growth of what Arthur Schlesinger Jr. called the imperial presidency, each occupant of the Oval Office has left his imprimatur on the development of what we think of as normative presidential conduct.
That means that whatever impact Trump has might not be so easy to undo.
Take, for example, three cherished institutionsWhite House news briefings, independent courts, nonpartisan law enforcement agencies and a nonpartisan civil service. Their foundations are more young and shaky than you might think, and once altered, they may not be easily restored. Future presidents may regard newer precedents as more binding. A once-sturdy nonpartisan civil service and equally assured nonpartisan courts may be too weakened to enforce a return to prior norms. A public once conditioned to expect certain things of its presidents may have lost a critical amount of muscle memory. In short, anyone who expects a restoration of the status quo circa 2017 may be in for a rude awakening.
Though at critical juncturesthe Civil War, the Progressive era, World War Iit swelled temporarily in size and importance, the presidency for almost the first century and a half of its existence remained a limited office with a small staff and constrained purview over national affairs. That changed in the 1930s and through 1950s, as first the New Deal, then World War II andfinallythe Cold War necessitated a vast expansion of permanent federal authority and, with it, an increasingly powerful and autonomous executive branch.
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Civil service 'nonpartisan'? Is Joshua Zeitz drunk? Delusional? Or trying to play us for fools? Civil Service is almost a hundred percent democrat and committed to democrat goals. They worked to undermine President Trump since he's been elected... The 'norms' are liberal boilerplate crap.
Tear 'em down.
“A once-sturdy nonpartisan civil service “ whose unions are 100% Democrat fronts.
The problem is that he assigns "normality" to Democrat anti-Constitutional dictatorship, and that any attempt to return to a Constitutional Republic is revolutionary.
Agreed
If I had had cancer for 8 years, and then the cancer was retreating quickly into remission, I would hope that I would never go back to normal. “Ah, kids, remember when we’d eat egg salad sandwiches at the hospital cafeteria after my treatments and I would puke then fall asleep at the table and my hair fell out and you all thought I was going to die? Sadly, we now have a new normal, and those times may be gone forever.”
Joshua Zeitz goes back to Nixon in this screed to ‘showcase power corruption’ when he could just as easily have looked at what Obama, his corrupt FBI, corrupt DOJ, IRS, and ‘intelligence’ did to Trump and Trump supporters.
He betrays himself and his premise with this creepy bias.
If the MSM is worthless then The agencies have no cover.
Very fascinating glimpse into the Demsheviks’ fears. Of course, by “non-partisan” they really mean “non-Commiepuke”.
True enough. His worldview does consider what the dems have done to be “normal” or an improvement. Now that you mention it that was, it probably explains why he didn’t point it out.
Back to normal assumes there is a “normal” to go back to.
Tweeting is here to stay.
What has this guy been smoking?
And why is he not sharing?
non partisan civil service?
“https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000304&cycle=2014
In 2020, 95% of federal employee campaign contributions went to Democrats.”
Good post. The perfect retort.
And, true to form, Republicans wont return the favor when the tables are turned.
Nope. Nor should they. I would just be happy with some pushback.
Well I hear from a lot of Rats, that impeaching Trump was "payback" for impeaching Clinton.
We can go back to normal, only if people are held accountable.
No doubt about that.
The difference being, of course, that BJ was/is as guilty as Frank Nitti, and our current president, despite a 3-year anal exam, was found to be about as corrupt as Mister Rogers.
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