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Denali and the "I Don’t Give a Damn" Presidency

By Troy Senik
Thursday, September 03 2015

I’ve long held the minority viewpoint that the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution — limiting the president to two terms in office — may well have been a mistake. Yes, there’s no question that the executive branch is uniquely susceptible to consolidating power in a way that threatens the integrity of the Republic. That’s the best argument for putting a hard cap on presidential tenure. But in insulating against the possibility of that species of unchecked presidential power, you create the certainty of another: Second-term presidents, never having to face the voters…

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