The presidency is a loaded gun, for better or worse

Patrick Henry warned us that the president's vast powers could go unchecked

Elizabeth Eckford, one of nine Black students who sought to enter Little Rock Central High School in 1957, is followed by Hazel Bryan, shouting insults. Photo by Will Counts.

In February, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower invited Chief Justice Earl Warren to a “stag dinner” at the White House. It was two months after the Supreme Court heard arguments f…