The Wall St. Journal online has today published a lengthy and truly astonishing article by Harvard Government Professor Harvey Mansfield, which expressly argues that the power of the President is greater than "the rule of law."
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All sorts of the most political influential people in our country -- from Dick Cheney to Richard Posner to John Yoo and The Weekly Standard -- believe and have argued for exactly this vision of government. They literally do not believe in our constitutional framework and our most defining political values. They have declared a literally endless War which, they claim, not only justifies but compels the vesting of unlimited power in the President -- "unlimited" by Congress, the courts, American public opinion and the rule of law.
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I happened to write about this during the last 4 days or so:
Caesar crosses the Rubicon: the sequel?;
Whither goest thou, America?;
and Ten steps into Hell and death of Democracy.
And yes - Greenwald is very much on this, as well as DailyKos, Carpetbager and Crooks&Liars, among others ...
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