celebrating a nation of laws

There is a lot of commentary out there about the Supremes' latest ruling on the use of military tribunals. I thought this quote from Andrew Cohen's Washington Post blog sums it all up:

in the end the decision is about one thing and one thing only: terrorism or no, we are still a nation of laws, and of rules, and of precedent, and of balanced government and that means that the President, or any president, doesn't get the final word on what is and what is not constitutional.