A July Fourth declaration
The Nation
by Katrina vanden Heuvel
07/03/06
It is clear that the American Constitution is in grave danger. It is time to make the defense of the Constitution a national theme for all candidates in this year's electoral contests. The threat to the Constitution from President Bush, his administration, and an accomplice Republican Congress is all too obvious. In clear violation of established law and centuries-old political precedent, they have wiretapped American citizens; imprisoned citizens without warrants, charges, or means of redress; sanctioned and abetted the torture of foreign nationals; ignored clear Congressional legislative intent with the likes of 750 signing statements; disabled Congressional oversight of their actions; undertaken an assault on the press' right to publish the truth; and suppressed dissent and public-minded information disclosure within the Executive branch itself. This abuse and overreach of Presidential power directly challenges the 'checks and balances' at the core of our constitutional design. It proposes a government fundamentally different from that declared by the Founding Fathers...
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?pid=98519
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Katrina vanden Heuvel
07/03/06
It is clear that the American Constitution is in grave danger. It is time to make the defense of the Constitution a national theme for all candidates in this year's electoral contests. The threat to the Constitution from President Bush, his administration, and an accomplice Republican Congress is all too obvious. In clear violation of established law and centuries-old political precedent, they have wiretapped American citizens; imprisoned citizens without warrants, charges, or means of redress; sanctioned and abetted the torture of foreign nationals; ignored clear Congressional legislative intent with the likes of 750 signing statements; disabled Congressional oversight of their actions; undertaken an assault on the press' right to publish the truth; and suppressed dissent and public-minded information disclosure within the Executive branch itself. This abuse and overreach of Presidential power directly challenges the 'checks and balances' at the core of our constitutional design. It proposes a government fundamentally different from that declared by the Founding Fathers...
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?pid=98519
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 5. Jul, 14:27
