[HN Gopher] Washington established the presidency. How much of i...
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       Washington established the presidency. How much of it would he
       recognize now?
        
       Author : rntn
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2024-09-14 17:30 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | tocs3 wrote:
       | It has been a while since I spent much time with NPR but this is
       | a nice (general) article about the presidency. It even strikes a
       | pretty conservative tone. It is not too long take a look.
        
       | yieldcrv wrote:
       | > At one point, they considered having a three-man executive
       | leadership
       | 
       | Switzerland patched many aspects of the American model for the
       | current iteration of their union
       | 
       | They implemented the Federal council concept from the federalist
       | papers and I'm a big fan of it. The head of all parties is in
       | this council, and the outward facing head of state for diplomatic
       | purposes rotates between these members.
       | 
       | The office is very professional, at least according to US
       | standards of decorum for politicians.
       | 
       | Other patches such as more federalism and maintaining a small
       | national government are interesting. Pipe dreams of some fringe
       | US sentiment, but available to play with in that sandbox. US
       | federal government is federal in name alone, there is very little
       | federalism left as it has the mandate to control all facets of
       | life through the current interpretation of interstate commerce,
       | and it merely tolerates intrastate sovereignty
        
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