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Bush Intends to Ignore Law He Signed & Plans To Disolve Parliment...I mean Congress
Dana has bloged this but it needs to be mentioned on every blog and at every water cooler in the country. The President asserts, in the "signing statement" accompanying the newly-approved torture bill, that it doesn't apply to him.
I don't see how this could be interpreted as anything other than "a constitutional crisis".
Bush could bypass new torture ban: Waiver right is reserved
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | January 4, 2006
WASHINGTON -- When President Bush last week signed the bill outlawing the torture of detainees, he quietly reserved the right to bypass the law under his powers as commander in chief.
After approving the bill last Friday, Bush issued a ''signing statement" -- an official document in which a president lays out his interpretation of a new law -- declaring that he will view the interrogation limits in the context of his broader powers to protect national security. This means Bush believes he can waive the restrictions, the White House and legal specialists said.
''The executive branch shall construe [the law] in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the President . . . as Commander in Chief," Bush wrote, adding that this approach ''will assist in achieving the shared objective of the Congress and the President . . . of protecting the American people from further terrorist attacks."
I don't see how this could be interpreted as anything other than "a constitutional crisis".
Bush could bypass new torture ban: Waiver right is reserved
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | January 4, 2006
WASHINGTON -- When President Bush last week signed the bill outlawing the torture of detainees, he quietly reserved the right to bypass the law under his powers as commander in chief.
After approving the bill last Friday, Bush issued a ''signing statement" -- an official document in which a president lays out his interpretation of a new law -- declaring that he will view the interrogation limits in the context of his broader powers to protect national security. This means Bush believes he can waive the restrictions, the White House and legal specialists said.
''The executive branch shall construe [the law] in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the President . . . as Commander in Chief," Bush wrote, adding that this approach ''will assist in achieving the shared objective of the Congress and the President . . . of protecting the American people from further terrorist attacks."
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According to the Globe, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham described the law as a Congressional effort to "close every loophole and impose an absolute ban on all forms of torture, no matter the circumstances".
This morning, the Globe (I have seen this story covered by no other news outlet) reports Congressional reaction. Incredibly, as so often the case, there is no Democratic response (nothing on the DNC website either).
Democrats sometimes claim they have a strategy of sitting back and watching as Republicans self destruct, but it's hard to believe there is any strategy beyond a well-established pattern of passivity and confusion.
This morning, the Globe (I have seen this story covered by no other news outlet) reports Congressional reaction. Incredibly, as so often the case, there is no Democratic response (nothing on the DNC website either).
Democrats sometimes claim they have a strategy of sitting back and watching as Republicans self destruct, but it's hard to believe there is any strategy beyond a well-established pattern of passivity and confusion.
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: 4:11 PM
: 4:11 PM
Anon,
How can we get all worked up about this when the fraud and corruption is rolling down on us day after day like a mighty river of sewage. For example did you hear that the Houston Chronicle is reporting that BushCo has learned ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about cronyism:
President Bush on Wednesday appointed a 36-year-old lawyer to head the Immigration and Customs Enforcement division of the Homeland Security Department despite critics' concerns about her qualifications.
...
"It's disappointing," said TJ Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, a union representing 9,000 border patrol employees.
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How can we get all worked up about this when the fraud and corruption is rolling down on us day after day like a mighty river of sewage. For example did you hear that the Houston Chronicle is reporting that BushCo has learned ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about cronyism:
President Bush on Wednesday appointed a 36-year-old lawyer to head the Immigration and Customs Enforcement division of the Homeland Security Department despite critics' concerns about her qualifications.
...
"It's disappointing," said TJ Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, a union representing 9,000 border patrol employees.
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