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© Getty Images Constitutionally, U.S. presidential power is all-or-nothing. Either one is president of the United States with the full scope of authority, or one is not, lacking any formal powers. This is the reality even after elections with lame-duck presidents and presidents-elect during transitions.  This needs to change. As with so many other issues, Donald Trump’s presidency has revealed flaws in our   constitutional design, one created for a horse-and-buggy era, or when it was assumed that the leaders we selected would observe certain unwritten rules about the use of presidential authority.  Presidential transitions are one of those areas that need fixing.

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