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Judge Samuel Alito, nominee to the United States’ Supreme Court, champions an “unitary executive” doctrine that gives the President as Commander in Chief unlimited power. President George W. Bush has already claimed “unitary executive” powers to imprison citizens without charges, spy on citizens without warrants, and ignore laws he doesn’t like1. Use of [...]

President George W. Bush has acted as a dictator, “a ruler who is unconstrained by law1”, as shown in three cases recently in the news. In one case, Bush violated the fifth amendment to the Constitution by labeling a US citizen, Jose Padilla, an “enemy combatant” and holding him for three-and-a-half years without charge2×3. [...]