Recently, the extent of the powers of the president of the United States of America has become an issue. Actually, the extent of presidential power has been an issue for a long time, but it seldom has come to a head. It seems that Trump thinks that he can make an order about anything, and the world must bow to his will. Things like that have happened in the past, and the matter of getting rid of political enemies was a major when Lincoln had some of his enemies convicted in military courts ...