The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Twenty Years of a Dictatorial Democracy
The 2016 election campaign is mortifying millions of Americans in part
because the presidency has become far more dangerous in recent times.
Since Sept. 11, 2001, we have lived in a perpetual emergency, which
supposedly justifies routinely ignoring the law and Constitution. And
both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have signaled that power grabs
will proliferate in the next four years. The United States may be on the
verge of the biggest legitimacy crisis since the Civil War. Whoever
wins on Nov. 8 will be profoundly distrusted even before being sworn in.
The combination of a widely detested new president and unrestrained
power almost guarantees greater crises in the coming years.
