Much has been written about the problems with an Imperial Presidency, and the lack or perceived lack of checks and balances. Now if the shoe is on the other foot and it a cause you support it seems at least for some an Imperial Presidency is a good thing.
The globe is warming quickly. Congress is moving slowly.
That’s the idea behind a new study from a team of researchers at the University of Colorado law school, who worked full time for nearly six months on a project that could help the next U.S. president make sweeping climate-change policies — fast. The new report probes the edges of executive orders and lays out the authority the next president could use to introduce global-warming policies without waiting for legislation to wind its way through the notoriously slow congressional machine.
“Given the extreme importance of climate change, this is a way for the next president to be able to take rapid action,” said Kevin Doran, a researcher at CU’s Center for Energy and Environmental Security.
But I thought an Imperial Presidency was a bad thing?
