Yale Daily News

In order to insure that the rule of law will be respected in the White House, a Democrat must be elected for that office.

Sorry to say, it appears highly likely that it will be McCain as president for the next four years. Thus, the Constitution be damned.

It is very interesting to note that a return to the Rule of Law is invoked in an attack of the Bush administration (something that is certainly warranted and appropriate), especially when coupled with the reminders of "distorted constitutional vision" (a phrase that perfectly describes nearly every administration).

For if I remember correctly, the Rule of Law, as best said by A.V. Dicey,

"...means...the absolute supremacy or predominance of regular law as opposed to the influence of arbitrary power, and excludes the existence of arbitrariness, of prerogative, or even of wide discretionary authority on the part of government."

If the arbitrary assumption and use of power does not describe both Democratic and Republican administrations (and Congress), I don't know what does.

In return for his partisan candor, Obama will nominate Harold Koh to the Supreme Court.

But please, don't call Obama an ideologue.