"By What Authority?" - Questioning Obama | Ralph Nader

"With regard to your actions—especially those taken in the name of national security–you are obliged by your constitutional oath to explain by what authority you are acting, and to answer serious criticism of your legal theories. Among other issues, you are obliged to elaborate by what authority you are empowered to commence war without congressional authorization or appropriations; to initiate war without the justification of self-defense, which is contrary to the Nuremburg precedents condemning crimes against peace; to play prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner to kill American citizens and non-citizens based on your secret assertion that the targets posed a danger—however remote and conjectural–to national security interests; to imprison persons indefinitely at Guantanamo Bay without accusation or trial; to intercept the emails and phone conversations of millions of American citizens without a judicial warrant; to invoke a state secrets privilege to block judicial redress for torture or extra-judicial killings; to resort to executive agreements, in lieu of treaties or federal statutes, to justify deploying the United States armed forces abroad; and, to engage in extraordinary rendition."

http://nader.org/2013/05/13/by-what-authority-questioning-obama/