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Walter Bagehot: The legislature was so afraid of the President's legal power that it unfairly accused him of acting beyond the law.

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The legislature was so afraid of the President's legal power that it unfairly accused him of acting beyond the law.
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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot discusses the legislature's fear of the President's power, leading to accusations of illegality.

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