Nothing is invalidated. Even Bush went to Congress for consent in Iraq. He lied to get it, obviously. Now the president doesn’t even bother to do that, which is authoritarian by nature.
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Congress has abdicated its role. That's not the president's fault.
I don’t think one negates the other.
Sure it does. If Congress doesn't care to do its job, and the people don't care to hold them to it, the republic is over.
