Having lost that battle, Mr Kuchma then said he would only accept changes to the electoral laws, along lines set out by Mr Yushchenko, if the opposition leader in turn agreed to constitutional reforms that would water down the powers of the president.

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Put another way, the expansion of congressional power authorized by the New Deal and Warren Courts established a new high water mark of constitutional power.

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