Presidents have been impeached for much less than this, reported in the New York Times: Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts. (with follow-up in the Washington Post)
Anyone who calls themselves a Republican—governments of laws and not men—should be embarrassed at this belief that the president is somehow above the law when there's a national security justification. Same goes for "small r" republicans, which I take most Americans to be. There's a word for this form of government that consists of the executive perceiving a threat to the nation and acting secretly against it: monarchy.
Posted by robe0419 at December 16, 2005 12:07 PM