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[It was] a tale of two speeches both from the same man, both from President Obama. One speech that could have been billed as a ballad to the Constitution, a proclamation of American values, a repudiation of the lawless behavior of the last presidential administration—and, another speech, announcing a radical new claim of presidential power that is not afforded by the Constitution and that has never been attempted in American history, even by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Remarkably, President Obama today made both of these speeches simultaneously.

— Rachel Maddow, on President Obama’s 2009 National Archives speech

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