Top 10 Fallacies of "Rule of Law" Republicans

Slate has a top bottom ten list of stupid Constitutional law tricks of President Bush, the man who actually said this when he received the Republican nomination for president in 2000:

“On the first hour of the first day, he will restore decency and integrity to the Oval Office. They will offer more lectures and legalisms and carefully worded denials. We offer another way, a better way, and a stiff dose of truth.”

Surely Slate could have listed 100 legal lies, but here you go:

10. The NSA's eavesdropping was limited in scope.

9. Scooter Libby's sentence was commuted because it was excessive.

8. The vice president's office is not a part of the executive branch.

7. The Guantanamo Bay detainees enjoy more legal rights than any prisoners of war in history.

6. Water-boarding may not be torture.

5. Everyone who has ever spoken to the president about anything is barred from congressional testimony by executive privilege.

4. Nine U.S. attorneys were fired by nobody, but for good reason.

3. Alberto Gonzales.

2. State secrets.

1. The United States does not torture.

And there you have a bill of writ to impeach the President of the United States.