Bravo!
There is an good review in the new Oz Literary Review which covers this theme of unbridled executive power---and how many conscientious lawyers and others within the USA Justice system were/are appalled by it, and how they rigorously opposed it---and are still doing so.

Surprsingly (or perhaps not) it is a review about "Detainee 002:The Case of David Hicks" by Leigh Sales---the review is by John Birmingham

Hmmm. No wonder America decided to cede from England: the last time a ruler of England decided to call upon Divine Right and over-ride Parliament they chopped off his head.

Gee, where's the Queen of Hearts just when we need her?

A mug American public has let Georgie Boy Bush graphically expose a weakness in the American Constitution.

It was following the doctrine of the English 17th century philosopher John Locke that the people had the right to protest against autocracy, that the American War of Independence came about.

It was Locke's doctrine which encouraged the planning of the 1688 Glorious Revolution, so named because as part of the early Enlightenment it was when democracy or true rulership of the people came to England.

But as many religous English people still hungered for royalty it was decided to bring William and Mary over from Holland to keep a so-called royal representative in England mainly for symbolic purposes.

Doubtless, following Locke's doctrine, the type of independence from Britain that the American settlers had first been hoping for, was probably the type that us Australians gained in 1900, and then as history tells it was George the Third of Britain who broke the ceremonial code actively ordering out the British troops against the American settlers.

The fact is that if the American people had any guts, seeing that most of them are now against the American occupation of Iraq, Bush should be impeached as Nixon was.

No doubt as proven so long ago in the Roman Empire, for democracy to survive, autocracy should be kept in its place, such includes presidents as well as kings and queens

In the Curtis-Wright case of 1936 Justice Sutherland famously afforded the President full sovereign powers in the field of foreign affairs and that such powers, because they are inherited from the powers of the previous head of state of the American colonies (ie King George), are "extra-constitutional" and not restrained by Congress.
The Bush Administration is clearly using this precedent to bypass Congress on many issues. By expanding the scope of what constitutes foreign policy to include aspects of domestic policy (such domestic as security initiatives) the President can extend his autocratic powers of foreign policy into the domestic realm. It’s up to Congress to more vigorously assert its own Constitutional prerogatives to restore balence to the American political system.

Thank you Ms Cohen for your observations about Mr. Bush’s latest overreaching and unconstitutional power play. Unfortunately, most major American media sources have not seen fit to report GW’s latest and most worrisome Executive Order. I personally have sent emails to well over 50 newspapers in the USA with not a single reply.
Google the E.O. and see how few hits you get.
I am very pessimistic about our future here in the USA; and am beyond being shocked at how little most of my fellow citizens know or even care. In fact, on a US political BBS, I was told it was a “good thing” because then the President would not be hampered by the tiresome formalities and details to legally doing as he pleased.
Unless this country wakes up… I believe it possible the good ole’ USA could become a fascist state.

A friendly observation… It is not… let us say tasteful to suggest “American’s have no guts”. In some venues, it might prove to be problematic for you.
In addition, Mr. Nixon was not impeached; he resigned in disgrace. The only American Presidents impeached were Andrew Jackson & Bill Clinton; and both impeachments were politically motivated. To impeach Mr. Bush – although ample grounds exist – would take too long to do when there are so many other more important issues facing this country. In any event, he’s a “lame duck” with just 16 or so months left to be in office. (Unless he decided to invoke his latest E.O. and become George the IV.)
I would also like to point out, as bothersome as GW is at times to the rest of the world please have some compassion……….. we have to deal with him 24/7.