Lex de dictatore creando

To refresh your memory about history, read this article about dictators in the Roman republic. Then go back down a little further and read the economic bailout law proposed by the Treasury.

Hank Paulson is trying to get himself appointed dictator for two years for the purposes of reorganizing the economy, with unlimited power to do so that cannot be appealed to the courts.

That's what it is. If you know your history.

Now, granted, Congress is debating how much oversight they are going to add into the law. Good thing, that. But just keep in mind that this is what the original proposal was.