And what was amazing to him? Here's his conclusions: [the bold is mine...as if it needs it]

To give you an example of what I read, I have gotten three legal propositions from these OLC opinions declassified. Here they are, as accurately as my note taking could reproduce them from the classified documents. Listen for yourself. I will read all three, and then discuss each one. 1. An executive order cannot limit a President. There is no constitutional requirement for a President to issue a new executive order whenever he wishes to depart from the terms of a previous executive order. Rather than violate an executive order, the President has instead modified or waived it.

2. The President, exercising his constitutional authority under Article II, can determine whether an action is a lawful exercise of the President's authority under Article II.

3. The Department of Justice is bound by the President's legal determinations.

As Emptywheel (who has the full speech -- also find it on Whitehouse's website here) calls it, this is something of a smoking gun pointing to the administration's willingness to put itself above the law.

Here's the penultimate paragraph of his speech:

When the Congress of the United States is willing to roll over for an unprincipled President, this is where you end up. We should not even be having this discussion. But here we are. I implore my colleagues: reject these feverish legal theories. I understand political loyalty, trust me, I do. But let us also be loyal to this great institution we serve in the legislative branch of our government. Let us also be loyal to the Constitution we took an oath to defend, from enemies foreign and domestic. And let us be loyal to the American people who live each day under our Constitution's principles and protections.

How about contacting those congress critters?

Update [2007-12-7 14:1:50 by MLDB]: Some clarification: The OLC docs were from the warrantless wiretapping opinions (IMO the best case for impeachment)...video is available at Think Progress