Barron's Editorial on Bush

I wasn't going to post today but Eschaton (who found it in The Big Picture) noticed this editorial from Barron's that discusses the question of Bush's impeachment over the president's refusal to get warrants as is required by the second admendment of the Constitution and his feeble attempts to claim he has the authority to ignore the Constitutional requirement on warrants. This paragraph in Barron's has one of the better summaries of Bush's problem on the spying issue:

Surely the "strict constructionists" on the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary eventually will point out what a stretch this is. The most important presidential responsibility under Article II is that he must "take care that the laws be faithfully executed." That includes following the requirements of laws that limit executive power. There's not much fidelity in an executive who debates and lobbies Congress to shape a law to his liking and then goes beyond its writ.

Barron's is not exactly a liberal rag. Let me say something obvious that needs to be said anyway: not all conservatives think alike. A growing number of conservatives are becoming concerned about Bush's curious interpretation of how much authority he has as president and which laws apply or don't apply to him.


Blogging note: I won't be back until Monday but Poechewe may have a post tonight or tomorrow sometime. I look forward to seeing it.