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Meanwhile, Trump stood there, seemingly oblivious to the fact that he was being lectured on executive restraint. Charles pointedly noted that the U.S. Supreme Court has cited the Magna Carta 160 times specifically as a foundation for checks and balances on executive power. The message couldn’t have been clearer: the presidency is not a kingship, a concept that Trump, in his desperate jealousy of the crown, fails to grasp.
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