But is that part of our constitutional balance?
His time in office was marred by political instability and an almost constant struggle with parliament over the constitutional balance of power.
The law was designed to accommodate, not change, the constitutional balance between defendants' rights and prosecution needs.
All along, Americans' civil liberties and the constitutional balance have been trampled by a president determined to assert ever more power.
At least that's the bait they use to explain their trampling on civil liberties and the constitutional balance of power.
Security needs may well matter, playing a major role in determining just where the proper constitutional balance lies.
The Court has tilted the constitutional balance toward the executive, at the expense of Congress and individual rights.
And does that enter into the constitutional balance?
He did not upset the constitutional balance of powers.
There was a competing value at stake - the integrity of the electoral process - that had to be weighed in the constitutional balance.