My Response as published today

Presidents must have the Right Kind of Power

In recent days, a letter claimed the Democrats were destroying the "strong presidency" created in the Constitution. With the loss of a constitutionally strong presidency, the writer argued, the country would be lost.

There are only two kinds of "strong presidents." One draws strength from leadership and the other draws strength from statutes. The Constitution and the Democrats would always prevent a strong president with power only in statutes.

Use of power from leadership does not have to negate statutes and law. But the use of power from only statutes and laws will always destroy freedom.

Mike Parker