Charlie Savage’s avatarCharlie Savage’s Twitter Archive—№ 11,907

  1. In 1988, arguing requiring notification to intelligence oversight committees of covert activities would unconstitutionally infringe on (his sweeping vision of) executive power, Dick Cheney wrote: "Congress may not use the money power to invade an inherently presidential power.” @realDonaldTrump/1218164088225828866
    1. …in reply to @charlie_savage
      Here's a book a younger version of me wrote about how a strain of Republicanism came to discard the traditional conservative suspicion of concentrated government authority and became presidential power maximalists. charliesavage.com/?page_id=81