On the Legal Superiority of Presidents

Before we set up a constitutional democracy with checks and balances over the power of the executive, America was governed by a monarchy that ruled under extra-legal authority associated with the divinely superior rights of Kings.

Raw Story has published an article about the frequency with which the current administration has exercised an extreme interpretation of an obscure doctrine known as Unitary Executive Theory. Behind all the legalese, it appears to this layman that this administration thinks that Presidents, like the Kings of old, are above the law. Here's why:

Several mainstream legal scholars have declared that the President's claim of unlimited executive power turns the Constitution on its head. University of Texas law professor Douglas Laycock told the L.A. Times that "It is just wrong to say the president can do whatever he wants, even if it is against the law."