Abuse of power by anyone in an elected position, an appointed position, or in a position of authority over others is deadly for a system of government based on the dual foundations of the rule of law and the system of checks and balances. When our Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, they created a system of checks and balances because they knew absolute power corrupts absolutely.  No one branch of government has absolute power and the other branches serve as a check on each other … [Read more...]