In 1950, Truman took us into a major war in Korea without Congressional authority. First time that ever happened. He got away with it, too, just as Clinton got away with exceeding the 60-day limit in Kosovo under the War Powers Act. In fact, when Clinton went into Haiti, he had the audacity to proclaim that the Constitution reserved the war-making decision to the executive. It's well known that presidents have gotten accustomed to making law through executive orders, and it's amazing how few of these are ever challenged or stricken down by Congress. The Supreme Court consistently refuses to hear cases concerning power struggles between the other two branches. All you have to do to realize how unequal Congress and the White House are, is to look at how the size and budget of the executive has grown since the 30s, relative to growth in the legislative branch.