One day after Law Day -- the day when we celebrate being a society that upholds and lives by the rule of law -- the Wall St. Journal runs an op-ed that explicitly argues that the President is greater than the rule of law. Glenn breaks it down:
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."
The article bears this headline: The Case for the Strong Executive -- Under some circumstances, the Rule of Law must yield to the need for Energy. And it is the most explicit argument I have seen yet for vesting in the President the power to override and ignore the rule of law in order to recieve the glories of what Mansfield calls "one-man rule." Read more...
