Transcript of the speech:
crowd: u. s.a.! u. s.a.!
the president: you all. i want you all to know --
q: can't hear you.
the president: i can't talk any louder. (laughter.) i want you all to know
today -- that america today is on bended knee in praver for the people whose lives were lost
here, for the workers who work here for the families who mourn. this nation stands with the
good people of new york city, and new jersey and connecticut, as we mourn the loss of
thousands of our citizens.
q: i can't hear you.
the president: i can hear you. (applause.) i can hear you. the rest of the world hears you.
(applause.) and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.
(applause.)
crowd: u. s.a.! u. s.a.!
the president: the nation sends its love and compassion to everybody who is here.
you for your hard work. you for making the nation proud. and may god bless america.
(applause.)
crowd: u. s.a.! u. s.a.! (the president waves small america flag.) (applause.) (nando. net
2001).
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in the united states, the president is controlled by the

constitution, and in all respects subordinate to it. insofar

as it deals with presidential power, however, the american

constitution has proved to be a highly malleable document.

with very few exceptions,' the constitutional provisions relating to the president have not been changed at all since

they were ratified in 1787. but in the late twentieth century, those provisions do not mean what they meant in

1787. the constitution is a legal document, and it is enforced judicially; but its meaning was hardly fixed when it

was ratified. in particular, the contemporary president has

far broader powers than the original constitution contemplated. it is remarkable but true that large-scale changes in

the authority of the president have been brought about

without changes in the constitutional text, but nevertheless

without significant illegality.

this is a paradox. is it not clear that constitutional

changes, if not textual, are illegal? the paradox has considerable relevance to our current thinking about the presidency in particular and about constitutionalism in general.

perhaps the framers of the american constitution feared

legislative power most of all; 2 but from well-known events

in the twentieth century, it is possible to conclude that it is

presidential power that holds out the greatest risks to both

liberty and democracy. the president is by far the most visible leader in the nation; he is often the only person in government with a national constituency. moreover, he is

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