The Imperial Congress
By Thomas Fleming
- Release Date: 2016-08-30
- Genre: U.S. History
Description
Today's spectacle of an imperial Congress battling the president of the United States is unsettling to many Americans. But it should not come as a surprise. Since the earliest days of the republic, writes New York Times bestselling historian Thomas Fleming in this essay, Congress has sought to seize power for itself and diminish the presidency.
