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This is not a foundational POD. Rather, it is based on the United States becoming a parliamentary government later. In the aftermath of the Lincoln Assassination of 1865, Congress reasserted it's authority and the presidency - perhaps burgeoning on an imperial presidency under Lincoln - became rather irrelevant compared to Congress. Arguably to a greater degree than it had ever been. There exist no standout presidents of that period until perhaps Theodore Roosevelt. There is also the inspiration that Woodrow Wilson himself preferred the United States were a parliamentary government.

What if the United States took the political tendencies of that era to their full extent, amended the Constitution, and transitioned to a parliamentary government?
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