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Wednesday, May 2, 2007 12:00 AM

The right's explicit and candid rejection of "the rule of law"

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  • Wednesday, May 2, 2007 08:09 AM

    No incentive for peace

    If a president has unchecked power in times of war (crisis), then what incentive does the president have to work for peace? His good intentions? Ha!

    Beyond this, you know that if a Democratic president tried these same arguments, the right would try to flay him alive.

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