Caesarism

The New York Times' Ross Douthat characterizes Obama's second-term unilateral actions:

We're just dealing with Caesarism justified by consequentialism, and Pfeiffer's argument is the boasting of a successful machiavel, unmoored from constitutional norms and his boss's own once-professed ideals.

Prince Barry as a latter-day Borgia? Niccolo would be so proud.