Can I be a 'unitary citizen'?

Submitted by lucidity on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 11:49am.

Now that Democrats in the Senate have caved and given the telcos retroactive immunity from breaking the law, a reader at Talking Points Memo suggests that Bush's justification — the "unitary executive" — might have some other benefits:

I actually like the idea of a unitary executive, because it implies that there could be a unitary citizen. I have begun to consider myself a unitary citizen. I am allowed (by virtue of the definition of a unitary executive) to pick and choose the laws I would like to follow, kind of Thoreau like.

I also like the idea of retroactive immunity paired with the unitary citizen. I could decide not to follow a stupid law and then forgive myself afterwards.