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Clarity About the Presidency and the Executive Branch

Clarity About the Presidency and the Executive Branch
The White House on Jan. 14, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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Like everyone, in my early years of public school, I learned that there are three branches of government and that they are equally weighted to balance each other out. In this way, government as a whole is tasked with policing itself. The ultimate check is the voters, who elect the president and Congress, which was originally structured to be bicameral.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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