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    Balance of Power

    Now's the time for a cross-partisan push to stop future abuse of presidential power

    Soren Dayton
    Cerin Lindgrensavage
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    Donald Trump

    Some of the proposals in PODA respond directly to vulnerabilities in presidential power exploited by the Trump administration, according to Dayton and Lindgrensavage.

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    Dayton is a policy advocate and Lindgrensavage is a counsel at Protect Democracy, a nonprofit group advocating for policies that "prevent our democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government." Dayton once worked for a GOP House member and Lindgrensavage for a Democratic senator.

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