Intelligence Squared debate: Has the President usurped the constitutional power of Congress?
An American flag waves outside the United States Capitol building Sept. 29, 2013, in Washington, D.C.
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Is Congress the most powerful branch of government, or is this the era of the imperial presidency? The Intelligence Squared debate motion is "The President has usurped the constitutional power of Congress."
FOR: Michael McConnell of Stanford Law School and Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network.
AGAINST: Eric Posner of University of Chicago Law School and Adam Cox of New York University Law School.
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