The Road to Autocracy

In an editorial about bills George W. Bush has been critical of but has still signed into law, and ultimately failed to force the executive branch to implement, the New York Times has this to say:

The Bush administration’s disregard for these laws is part of its extraordinary theory of the 'unitary executive.' The administration asserts that the president has the sole authority to supervise and direct executive officers, and that Congress and the courts cannot interfere. This theory, which has no support in American history or the Constitution, is a formula for autocracy.

NO SUPPORT IN AMERICAN HISTORY! OR THE CONSTITUTION!
And doesn't "unitary executive" smack of "dictator"?!
And we let him do this?
Oh, how do I move from disgust (and fear) to action.

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Thank goodness someone is saying something. And look who it is, too?:

Senator Robert Byrd, Democrat of West Virginia, has said that the report shows that Mr. Bush “is constantly grabbing for more power” and trying to push Congress “to the sidelines.”