The backlash against the "unitary executive" is beginning. Most presidents have tried to some degree to increase the power of their branch. This president perhaps doing so more than most with the claim of being in a "war on terror" as an excuse. As more people grow out of their fear of being labelled traitors and unpatriotic for criticizing this "war president" the pendulum will start swinging back the other way. Some of the things this president has done are pretty blatant; such as declaring a "right" to ignore laws if he wants to do so, even while he's signing them, and, as in the case above, ignoring the Constitution altogether, even when a special court has already been set up (the FISA court) to allow him to do pretty much what he did anyway without the court.