December 7, 2007
The Presidency Unbound
President Bush and Vice President Cheney have been audacious and usually successful in expanding the powers of the presidency. The extension of executive privilege to curtail Congressional investigations; the proliferation of "signing statements," in which Bush negates the very legislation he is signing; the redefinition of commander in chief to include authority to secretly wiretap; and the adoption of a "unitary ex-ecutive" superseding other government branches all contribute to a growing
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