If you can't laugh at yourself, at least laugh at those who govern you. Bullying and harassment are prevalent throughout Victoria's Government departments and public agencies, and many workers are unwilling to complain because they fear it will do them more harm than good Bullying rife in public service
Eye on Politics & Law Lords: Can Congress matter?
Congress, more than the court, scholars say, is the branch that's supposed to keep executive power in check
IN 1973 THE historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. published a book called ''The Imperial Presidency," tracing the way in which the White House had, over the course of American history, grabbed more and more power until it threatened to overwhelm the rest of the federal government. Then-president Richard Nixon-who carried out a secret bombing campaign of Cambodia, eavesdropped on his domestic rivals, and impounded federal funds that Congress had earmarked for programs he didn't like-was to Schlesinger only the latest and most brazen example.
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