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President. And future Presidents can rely on that unchallenged assertion

to disobey future laws; and if that happens, the Congress

of the United States will become irrelevant and the basic structure

of American Government will have been fundamentally changed.

The voice of the people, as expressed by their Representatives in

Congress, will have been considerably diminished” 
 

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Sources not linked to in the article body:

·     Cheney’s Law PBS Documentary 

·     Wikipedia: unitary executive theory

·     House Judicial Committee Hearing on Warrantless Surveillance and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: The Role of Checks and Balances in Protecting Americans’ Privacy Rights 

·     House Judicial Committee Hearing on Presidential Signing Statements under the Bush Administration

·     Presidential Power in America: Post 9/11 Google Video

·     Presidential Power in America: What the Founders Did Not Plan For Google Video

·     House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties 
Oversight Hearing on the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel

·     Slate Magazine Gonzo for GonzoMaybe Alberto Gonzales was brilliant yesterday—and everybody missed it. By Dahlia Lithwick

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