Today in The Nation: A Challenge to the Imperial Presidency

posted by John Nichols on 07/25/2008 @ 2:32pm As the House Judiciary Committee took up the question of how best to address what its chairman described as "the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush," it was the ranking Republican in the room, Iowa Congressman Steve King, who observed that, "We are hear having impeachment hearings before the Judiciary Committee." "These are impeachment hearings before the United States Congress," King continued. "I never imagined I would ever be sitting on this side when something like this happened." King was not happy about the circumstance. A resolute defender of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the congressman was objecting to the very mention of the "I" word. As it happened, impeachment was mentioned dozens of times during the hearing, often in significant detail and frequently as... [read full story]