The term "imperial presidency" states that the office of President of the United States, akin to a classical ruler of an empire, is the head of state of a geographical, military and economic superpower, has broad executive power and is advised by a bureaucratic staff akin to a classical imperial court. (Wikipedia).
When Nixon, decided that crime was the only way to remain in office and that as a President he was somehow immune from facing any consequences for committing crime, I believe the term Imperial Presidency actually took real shape and form. After Watergate and the fiasco that Nixon wrought upon the Presidency, supposedly the American Legislative Branch set in motion, a bunch of bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo to ensure that America would never have another NIXON-ESQUE. (United States v. Nixon, also known as the Watergate Scandal, has established that even a President has a legal duty to provide evidence of one’s communications with his aides when the information is relevant to a criminal case./Consitution.com) Except like most mumbo-jumbo, all you get is a bunch of blah, blah, blah and little else. Along comes TRUMP, and the term IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY, takes on a whole grander meaning, and like an octopus, the tentacles of the insidious autocrat, start to grab onto the thin threads of democracy and smother it like prey swimming innocently in the ocean.
Section 2, Clause 1 describes exclusive presidential powers: namely, the Commander in Chief authority, the power to require written opinions from the heads of executive departments, and the pardon power. (Constitution.com). Here is the THING, as I see it…WHY! Why is it that the President can somehow excuse criminals by ignoring their crimes? Why is it that the President, especially when he has not been elected by a majority of Americans, hides his own criminal intentions and acts from the public? This nation has witnessed just how human a president can be, and as a human, demonstrating some of the worst traits of humanity as a narcissist maniacal, psychotic, and dangerous.
