. >> emma dumain, latest article on the indictment of congressman michael grimm. thanks for the insight. >> the queue. >> joining me now is frank buckley, a professor of law at george mason university and the author of the book the once and future king. thank you for joining us. >> guest: thank you for having me. is the one first of all, what made you decide to write this book? >> guest: i came here from canada and expected to find a country that was different than my former country. instead, i found one that had a fair bit of monarchies built into it, very curiously it was a country which was founded very smart, eminent, lies people, and what they wanted most of all was a country that would not be ruled by one man alone. increasingly that is what we are moving to. >> host: i will read a quote from the book and have you break it down for us. did you write, the president has slipped off many of the constraints of the separation of powers. he makes and unmakes loss without the consent of congress, spins trillions of government dollars, and the greatest of decisions,