By By Michael Krebs May 30, 2011 in Politics In his weekly telephone address, Republican presidential candidate and Texas Congressman Ron Paul raised alarms over the increasing power grab in the nation's executive branch. Mr. Paul is particularly concerned with the fact that President Obama's 60-day window on military action in Libya passed without congressional resistance and that the matter was barely covered in the media. "The media scarcely noticed," Paul said. "The bombings continued. We had a hearing on Capitol Hill on the subject, but the administration refuses to bother with the legality of it's new war. It is unclear if Mr. Obama will ever obtain congressional consent and astonishingly it is being argued that he doesn't need it." Congressman Paul's Memorial Day address spoke to the need for the US executive branch to follow the Constitution as it was intended by its original authors. "Our presidents can now, on their own, order assassinations, including American citizens; operate secret military tribunals; engage in torture; enforce indefinite imprisonment without due process; order searches and seizures without proper warrants, gutting the forth amendment; ignore the 60-day rule for reporting to the Congress the nature of any military operations as required by the War Powers Resolution; continue the Patriot Act abuses without oversight; wage war at will and treat all Americans as suspected terrorists at airports with TSA groping and nude x-rays," Paul continued. The power grab by the executive branch in the present day is one that Congressman Paul worries will have consequences for the future. "Those in power right now might be trustworthy, understanding people, but what of the leaders of the future? They will inherit all of the powers received to the current position holders," Paul said. "Can we trust that they will not take advantage? Today's best intentions create loopholes and opportunities for tomorrow's tyrants." Congressman Paul has been surging in the latest polls, Congressman and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul issued his concerns in his weekly telephone address over ongoing presidential power grabs and the impact they have on ordinary individual freedoms, saying that these are "truly troubling times for liberty in the United States."Mr. Paul is particularly concerned with the fact that President Obama's 60-day window on military action in Libya passed without congressional resistance and that the matter was barely covered in the media."The media scarcely noticed," Paul said. "The bombings continued. We had a hearing on Capitol Hill on the subject, but the administration refuses to bother with the legality of it's new war. It is unclear if Mr. Obama will ever obtain congressional consent and astonishingly it is being argued that he doesn't need it."Congressman Paul's Memorial Day address spoke to the need for the US executive branch to follow the Constitution as it was intended by its original authors."Our presidents can now, on their own, order assassinations, including American citizens; operate secret military tribunals; engage in torture; enforce indefinite imprisonment without due process; order searches and seizures without proper warrants, gutting the forth amendment; ignore the 60-day rule for reporting to the Congress the nature of any military operations as required by the War Powers Resolution; continue the Patriot Act abuses without oversight; wage war at will and treat all Americans as suspected terrorists at airports with TSA groping and nude x-rays," Paul continued.The power grab by the executive branch in the present day is one that Congressman Paul worries will have consequences for the future."Those in power right now might be trustworthy, understanding people, but what of the leaders of the future? They will inherit all of the powers received to the current position holders," Paul said. "Can we trust that they will not take advantage? Today's best intentions create loopholes and opportunities for tomorrow's tyrants."Congressman Paul has been surging in the latest polls, according to Businesswire . His rise in popularity is seen as a threat to Republican front-runner Mitt Romney. More about Ron paul, Constitution, Obama, war powers resolution, Congress More news from Ron paul Constitution Obama war powers resolutio... Congress 2012 presidential el... 2012 elections White house