One definition of gall in Merriam-Webster is "brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence". This op-ed by John Bolton and John Yoo, paragons of modesty, certainly epitomizes the word.
Bolton and Yoo are worried that an Obama administration will avoid having the senate ratify treaties. They see the constitution as a "bulwark against presidential inclinations to lock the United States into unwise foreign commitments." These are the guys who championed the unitary executive theory. Yoo wrote the memo that opened Guantanamo. Bolton operates from a distant planet. Neither objected to the record-setting signing statements of our soon to be ex-president.
Now they urge Obama to abide by the constitution? Absolutely unbelievable!
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