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Old 08-23-2012, 15:32   #23
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Looked at other examples in which one branch or another sought to expand its power and how that crisis did or did not impact American freedom.
The case of Andrew Johnson vs Congress over Reconstruction and the Tenure of Office Act is a good one.

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