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Volaris

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24. I agree.

Reply to Hekate (Reply #8)

Fri Nov 13, 2015, 10:03 AM

Nov 2015

In terms of social justice (and in a way that only he could convey, racial equality), he is the equal AT LEAST of Lyndon Johnson.

My opinion of his opinion of Constitutional matters and Executive Power are another matter for another thread, but I will concede that as long as Congress is going to continue to enable the Imperial Presidency, he has the Executive Right to use that Power as he sees fit, whether I agree with his decisions or not.

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