While I see this comment as unnecessarily partisan, I agree in principle. The US Constitution's limits on federal authority have been being weakened since the day it was written.

Or, in the words of Lysander Spooner: "But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist."

oh come on. At least give some anicdote to back your claim.

One thing I find concerning is that the president seems willing to use his pardoning powers for his allies. I guess Clinton did the same with Marc Rich. It certainly doesn’t look good.

And, less politically troubling, but perhaps more blatant, his half brother's cocaine conviction on his last day of office.

At least consider the illiberal nature [0] of the way the current administration is rooting out the corruption, compared to following established norms to lay bare the corruption for all to see. For example, consider if during the current administration's first two years they welcomed oversight from the Republican House and Senate (a co-equal branch) to investigate and clear the President of the same things the Mueller investigation was charged with -- and then that branch (not the executive) investigated the origins of the Mueller investigation, to root out corruption. That kind of co-equal power play would have been a lot stronger than the reality of a bully executive branch trying to wade into doing everything with, what seems to be, little regard for what all future presidents can now do due to precedent, so why didn't that kind of cross-power oversight happen with a Republican-controlled executive and Congress?

[0] https://cjslep.com/c/blog/illiberalism

BS. But with the Trump presidency we're definitely taking a step in that direction, and it's a pretty good stride.