It's interesting living in the last days of the Roman Republic

[xiphias]

We can watch our Senate giving the executive dictatorial and imperial powers, the way that the Roman Senate did.

The weird thing is that we've got them doing that for Nero, not Julius.

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[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I've been noticing it for a while, too, but it was Arlen Spector's bill which would give the President back all the powers that the Supreme Court said he doesn't have.