"[The "Unitary Executive" legal theory] threatens to expand the president's powers until the contours of the constitution that the Framers actually gave us become obliterated beyond all recognition."

- Al Gore

"And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it."

- Exodus 4:2-3 (KJV)