Russ Feingold is Right: President Bush Should Be Censured

A president who has so blatantly broken the law, in my opinion, should at least be censured if not even impeached. But with a Congress controlled by Republicand and Democrats too afraid to challenge Bush on such an issue, even a censure remains unlikely.

The New York Times quotes Vice President Dick Cheney as saying: "The American people already made their decision. They agree with the president." This seems to suggest that the American president can unravel the great American democracy if he has the support of the American public. It is sad that the slow slide into authoritarianism can be justified as necessary in terms of national security but wars have been used before to undermine democratic states around the world, especially in those countries with a strong executive.