On Torture and Presidential Power

Walter Dellinger, Solicitor General in the Clinton Administration, said of powers of the president, “The way to think about the question of what unilateral authority you think the president ought to have to disregard acts of congress you ought to think about, but just say, now who is the worst person who I can imagine that might actually be elected president and, who is the worst person, and what authority would I want that person, he or she, to have.

That Worst Person is currently serving in the White House.
Sandra Day O’Connor in the ruling opinion wrote, “A state of war is not a blank check for the president