On a serious note...
We have had two additional events in recent days, once again showing that Republicans believe in a sliding scale of what is legal and illegal, depending on who is in power and doing what.
Back when Bill Clinton was president, he favored legislation enacting a line-item veto. Republicans were strongly against it, and in the end, the Supreme Court ruled that a line-item veto was unconstitutional.
Now, Bush believes he can get the Supreme Court to reverse their earlier ruling, allowing him to have a line-item veto.
Also, the senate intelligence committee refused to investigate George Bush's warrantless wiretapping program. They didn't find it legal; THEY REFUSED TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER IT IS LEGAL OR NOT. Some Republican senators will undoubtedly claim that they thought it was legal, but this is impossible, since without a full investigation, the program can't even be understood, let alone judged on legal grounds.
The congress has, basically, abdicated its authority under this presidency. This has allowed Bush to pretty much do whatever he wants, the laws and precedent be damned.
These are only he two most recent examples. IF our country survives this period of time, we will look back in horror at what has happened. That is, unless Bush and his cronies are sucessful in their attempt to rewrite history (they've already started doing this, by re-classifying public documents from as far back as the 1930s.)
Back when Bill Clinton was president, he favored legislation enacting a line-item veto. Republicans were strongly against it, and in the end, the Supreme Court ruled that a line-item veto was unconstitutional.
Now, Bush believes he can get the Supreme Court to reverse their earlier ruling, allowing him to have a line-item veto.
Also, the senate intelligence committee refused to investigate George Bush's warrantless wiretapping program. They didn't find it legal; THEY REFUSED TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER IT IS LEGAL OR NOT. Some Republican senators will undoubtedly claim that they thought it was legal, but this is impossible, since without a full investigation, the program can't even be understood, let alone judged on legal grounds.
The congress has, basically, abdicated its authority under this presidency. This has allowed Bush to pretty much do whatever he wants, the laws and precedent be damned.
These are only he two most recent examples. IF our country survives this period of time, we will look back in horror at what has happened. That is, unless Bush and his cronies are sucessful in their attempt to rewrite history (they've already started doing this, by re-classifying public documents from as far back as the 1930s.)
posted by Willis at 3:14 AM
3 Comments:
"When Bill Clinton was president, he favored legislation enacting a line-item veto. Republicans were strongly against it."
Willis, you're an idiot. It was a REPUBLICAN Congress that passed legislation giving Slick Willie the Line Item Veto authority. 2 U.S.C. ยง 691, 110 Stat. 1200. It was struck down in Clinton v. City of New York, 524 U.S. 417, 118 S. Ct. 2091, 2099-2100 (1998).
Republicans wanted Clinton to have a line-item veto??
That's strange. Thanks for informing me, fudgepack.
Willis you are an idiot.
Republicans have always wanted the PRSIDENT to have the line item veto - the Dem Congress voted it down time and time again in the Regan and Bush I years.
Shut this blog down, sell your computer.
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