Mr. Obama's imperialoverreach has invited the courts to re-examine the Constitution's Appointments Clause and tilt the balance of power back toward the Senate.
Friends, we are running through a playbook of national decline laid out by thinkers ranging from Gibbon to Montesquieu (use of mercenaries to fight our wars and clean our toilets, imperialoverreach, an intellectually apathetic citizenry, onerous taxes, tax evasion, failure to protect borders, and failure to inculcate newcomers in the time-honored values of the nation).