Jackson50 on 01 October 2008
| ManusJustus said: I dont see how being able to run for more than two terms makes one a de facto dictator. Was Franklin Roosevelt a de facto dictator because he was elected to serve more than two terms? |
Well, you could make the case that FDR's unprecedented third and fourth terms coupled with his proposed Judiciary Reorganization Bill was an attempt to expand his power beyond acceptable means, but I know you are enamored with him so I will leave the issue alone. No, that was not the only proposed change that required a double take. There was also the proposal to increase a state of emergency from 180 days to an indefinite period of time and to remove judicial review from this process.
