[WayneS]

More suggested reading/study:

The text of Davy Crockett’s “Not yours to give” speech before congress.

The presidency of Calvin Coolidge, who, in my opinion, was the last U.S. president to make an honest attempt at treating the Constitution as a document that LIMITED the powers of the government instead of as one which must be exploited to EXPAND government power.

[mek1959]

Spot on Wayne S.

[Fiji Hill]

The presidency of Calvin Coolidge, who, in my opinion, was the last U.S. president to make an honest attempt at treating the Constitution as a document that LIMITED the powers of the government instead of as one which must be exploited to EXPAND government power.

Harding and Coolidge were the were the last presidents who saw themselves as first magistrates with limited powers. All of the following presidents have essentially been elected kings.

[dcwusmc]

Constitution bump! The document I swore an oath to protect and defend!!!!