The Imperial President 0
Leonard Pitts on the Supreme Court’s Guantanamo decision:
As much as his sycophants like to portray this bullheadedness as evidence of presidential resolve, what it actually illustrates is disdain, the imperial hubris and messianic mind-set of a fellow who believes himself on a mission from the Almighty and, therefore, not to be troubled by such small niceties as what is customary or legal. So the Supreme Court’s ruling is about more than just the fate of the Gitmo detainees. It is a stop sign for a runaway administration, a reminder that this is still a country of laws, not men.
Somebody pass the word to King George: At the end of the day it turns out that he’s just a president after all.
I expect that’s one stop sign that’s going to get run, in some surreptitious, double-speak fashion. I do not expect this leopard to change the spots on his imperial robes.
