Title: American presidential power is not leading to dictatorship.
Headings: Is America Heading Toward Dictatorship?
Is America Heading Toward Dictatorship?
Presidents have more power today, but there are good historical reasons for the trend.

Content: The 18 th -century constitutional design has had to adapt itself to modern conditions, and it has done so reasonably well. Advertisement
The first thing to understand is how modest the accusations are. President Barack Obama stands charged with violating deadlines in the Affordable Care Act and the Dodd-Frank Act; regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, a 1970 statute that was never expected to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant; using military force in Libya and against ISIS without congressional authorization; refusing to deport unauthorized immigrants; appointing government officials without Senate confirmation while Congress is in recess; and waiving requirements of George W. Bush’s signature legislative achievement, No Child Left Behind. Advertisement
But none of these things is the mark of a dictator. Congress passes enormously complex statutes that delegate to the president powers to create hundreds of rules and enforce them.