By Any Means Necessary

At Ricochet, Tim Groseclose takes note of what Jesse Jackson Jr. recently said during an interview with the Daily Caller: 

“We’ve got to go further. I support what [Obama] does. Clearly, Republicans are not going to be for it [Obama's "jobs" bill] but if the administration can handle administratively what can be done, we should pursue it. And if there are extra-constitutional opportunities that allow the president administratively to put the people to work, he should pursue every single one of them.

Jesse Jackson Jr. is not the only "mainstream" liberal to call for such actions. 

It's interesting that now during the Obama Administration, talk of enacting extra-constitutional measures is roundly applauded by liberals.  Of course during the Bush Administration, the worst charge leveled by liberals against Bush was his supposed trampling of constitutional rights of both citizens and enemy combatants alike.  It can't be said enough that this progressive impulse--the dislike of the structure and principles of the Constitution--is always lurking just below the surface.  At least earlier progressives were more open about it.