During Thursday night’s debate there was a strong message coming from Newt Gingrich. He believes in an imperial presidency and he isn’t backing down now: Newt Gingrich says as president he would ignore Supreme Court decisions that conflicted with his powers as commander in chief, and he would press for impeaching judges or even abolishing […]
I watched last night’s debate and one thing really stuck out at me. The right still has a desire to have an imperial Presidency. First to take a swing at this danger ball was Rick Perry. He declared that if he was elected President that Congress would become part-time. That’s a very outrageous claim given […]
Does everyone remember the Project for the New American Century? This is the group that essential brought us things like the Iraq War and creating an imperial presidency. Well it looks like McCain has heard of them and even signed a letter authored by them. George Bush wasn’t war monger enough for PNAC, but apparently […]
Now the Republican White House does not like Republican passed laws: An obscure law approved by a Republican-controlled Congress a decade ago has made the Bush administration nervous that officials and troops involved in handling detainee matters might be accused of committing war crimes, and prosecuted at some point in U.S. courts. Senior officials have […]
The domestic spying debate is no stranger to Washington. As matter of fact, the same argument took place thirty years ago: An intense debate erupted during the Ford administration over the president’s powers to eavesdrop without warrants to gather foreign intelligence, according to newly disclosed government documents. George H.W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney […]