Hugely important conversation. Thank you! I particularly appreciate the point that the Presidency changed when America became "the" biggest player on the global stage. The cultural desire post-WWII to "control" the world led in my opinion to a desire (perhaps subconscious at first) for the President to "control" the nation. Despite the warning from Eisenhower's Farewell Address that the military industrial complex was becoming too powerful, I believe Congress is complicit in allowing the big money forces at the heart of that complex (and big money forces overall) to gain so much power. There might have been a window for halting that rise to power during the Kennedy administration, but that's just a guess on my part based on knowing Kennedy was pro-world peace in ways that (I believe) got him killed. Thank you again for this important discussion, which I will share widely. (I think it's crazy that on the morning of July 5th it only has 685 views!)

If the Legislative could pass law (not amendment) that could override the plaintext of duties. The issue I see is the ability to successfully attack a president for unofficial actions.

Arrest the Justices, Trump and his henchmen - and then see how they feel about this judgement? How could they complain?