It keeps getting worse, says Andrew Sullivan: “Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is unloading what he found after being granted access to various Bush Office Of Legal Counsel opinions. Every time you think you’re hallucinating about the powers this president has accrued to himself, you come across a reality more surreal…” (The Atlantic)
Bush has essentially asserted that he determines what is a constitutional exercise of his power, and that the Justice Dept. is bound by his interpretation.
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” — Sinclair Lewis
