"The Flawed And Dangerous Theory of Bush As Unitary President"

From (former) Senator Gary Hart, Chairman of Council for a Liveable World on Iraq, courtesy of Iraq Insider:

SENATOR GARY HART
Chairman, Council for a Livable World

Sen. Hart’s initial take on Bush’s troop escalation, from “A Surge of Constitutionalism,” published January 9, 2007, on The Huffington Post:

President Bush's decision to escalate the war, and to further Americanize it, is based on his flawed and dangerous theory of the "unitary presidency," a theory under which, once war is declared, the president as commander-in-chief can ignore constitutional checks and balances, disregard the bill of rights, suspend accountability, and concentrate dictatorial power in his own hands.