We still imagine ourselves a nation of laws not of men. This is not merely an article of faith but a bedrock principle of the United States Constitution. Our founding compact provides a remedy against rulers supplanting the rule of law and Andrew C. McCarthy makes a compelling case for using it.The authors of the Constitution saw practical reasons to place awesome powers in a single chief executive who could act quickly and decisively in times of peril. Yet they well understood that unchecked power in one persons hands posed a serious threat to liberty the defining American imperative. Much of the debate at the Philadelphia convention therefore centered on how to stop a rogue executive who became a law unto himself.The Framers vested Congress with two checks on presidential excess the power of the purse and the power of impeachment. They are potent remedies and there are no others.It is a straightforward matter to establish that President Obama has committed amp147high crimes and misdemeanors a term signifying maladministration and abuses of power by holders of high public trust. But making the legal case is insufficient for successful impeachment leading to removal from office. Impeachment is a political matter and hinges on public opinion.In Faithless Execution McCarthy weighs the political dynamics as he builds a case assembling a litany of abuses that add up to one overarching offense the presidentamp8217s willful violation of his solemn oath to execute the laws faithfully. The amp147fundamental transformationamp8221 he promised involves concentrating power into his own hands by flouting lawamp151statutes judicial rulings the Constitution itselfamp151and essentially daring the other branches of government to stop him. McCarthy contends that our elected representative are dutybound to take up the dare.What are amp147High Crimes and Misdemeanorsamp8221Impeachment is rare in American historyamp151and for good reason. As the ultimate remedy against abuse of executi