The Boston Globe has an interesting article today that talks about the American Bar Association’s recent decision to investigate Bush’s signing power: The board of governors of the American Bar Association voted unanimously yesterday to investigate whether President Bush has exceeded his constitutional authority in reserving the right to ignore more than 750 laws that […]
Let me set the stage. A dark background with a constant thumping much like a heart beat. Loud crashes come through as you hear sound bites of George Bush vowing to “protect” the American people. This is the start of the RNC’s new ad to attack Democrats and it is great. The highlight of the […]
The Republicans are getting called on their continuous rubber stamping for Bush (Christy has the details). What is amazing is the rubber stamp works both ways on this. Not only does Congress use their rubber stamp for Bush, but Bush also uses his rubber stamp for congress. Bush has yet to veto anything. This is […]
Well here is one of the “checks and balances” that Bush must really hate: A federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Justice Department to respond within 20 days to requests by a civil liberties group for documents about President George W. Bush’s domestic eavesdropping program. The ruling was a victory for the Electronic Privacy […]
One of the problems with Bush’s wiretapping that isn’t discussed in the public forum much is how he notified Congress of the program. There are clear laws that require the President to seek the advice and consent of Congress and now it appears he even broke those laws: WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 – A legal analysis […]
In a speech ignored by cable news networks today, Al Gore sounds the alarm about our constitution being in crisis and the dangers our nation faces by an executive branch that is out of control and power hungry. Excerpts follow: [..] During the period when this eavesdropping was still secret, the President went out of […]
When our forefathers authored our Constitution, the backbone of this great nation, they took careful precautions in it to make sure that one branch would never out weigh the other. They understood the desire man inherits to hold ultimate power and to protect the United States from that, they developed a system of checks and […]