If a President can rise above a Law that constrains him…

[The Whiskey Priest]

then is there any law can constrain him?

[havocmom]

1. That is the point, isn't it. We have a representative democracy

with rule of law or we have a tyranny. Anybody have a link to that video of bush saying a dictatorship would be easier 'as long as I'm the dictator'? That remark seems pertinent right now more than ever.

[Kagemusha]

2. No.

The power to dictate which laws are valid and which are not is power inherent in the dictator.

The President was prima facia conceived as an alternative to dictatorship, not dictatorship itself.

The only remedy - aka "accountability moment" - acknowledged by the administration is fixed term presidential elections. While impeachment is technically possible, its use has been so debased by the Clinton impeachment that no matter what Bush does, his good intentions and the inherent power of the Presidency make him effectively unaccountable until the end of his term and the swearing in of a new President after two terms.

The End.

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. No one is above the law

See Article VI, paragraph 2 of the United States Constitution:

This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

"Supreme law of the land" means that no one -- NO ONE, not even the President -- is above the law. When Bush claims otherwise, he is in violation of his Oath of Office which should be an impeachable offense.

[Kagemusha]

4. The idea is to kick the law down so far not being above it matters little

Or so my impression is.

[12string]

5. Impeaching Bush

Most criminals in this country don't just lose their job.They
get fired for absenteeism because they are incarcerated.Why
should Bush and his co-conspirators be treated differently
than other citizens?

[jimshoes]

6. None

unless you're trying to subvert the very constitution that you
swore to uphold.