Wiretap ruling affirms that presidents aren't monarchs
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| Author(s) | USA Today editorial board |
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| Source | USA Today |
| Date | 8/18/2006 |
| URL | http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20060818/edit18.art.htm |
| Quote | "Bush has done these things by simply asserting that the powers of the presidency enumerated in Article II of the Constitution - particularly the clause making him the "Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy" - are much more sweeping than previously imagined. In short, he has acted like a king. Fortunately, the courts have begun to rein in his royal ambitions."
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This item argues for the position Judge Taylor was right to rule program unconstitutional on the topic NSA warrantless surveillance controversy.
