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2009-03-03 Home Front: WoT

Bush administration OK'd suspending rights for war on terrorism

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Posted by tipper 2009-03-03 01:18|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 funny how this comes out at the same time that Glenn Greenwald says this http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/02/executive_power/
In the meantime, though, the Obama DOJ is now refusing to comply with the Judge's order, actually arguing to the court that only the President can decide whether classified information can be used in a court proceeding, and that courts have no power to make such decisions.

Anytime that the Chicago Tribune and Glenn Greenwald appear to be sharing an appetizer, good men need to take a long hard look at the menu.

The march toward tyranny continues. The only question that remains is - can we stop it?

Posted by Gluting Fillmore6653 2009-03-03 06:54|| 2009-03-03 06:54|| Front Page Top

#2 The Bush administration eventually abandoned many of the legal conclusions
Most of these were just legal research opinions and not implemented. Obama is releasing them to make his administration look good by comparison, while at the same time pursuing some of the same policies.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2009-03-03 08:13|| 2009-03-03 08:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Spot on...Spot!

It's all about DEFLECTION, did I say DEFLECTION? Well anyway, here it is again, DEFLECTION! Bush, Rush, all targets of opportunity. Get that evil smell off of Barry at any cost, even if it means parading Rahm out in full media view.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-03 08:16|| 2009-03-03 08:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Obama is setting precedence for his own confidential legal advice.

Posted by DoDo 2009-03-03 10:35|| 2009-03-03 10:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Obama: I'll discard Bush's unconstitutional executive orders

03/07/2008 -- Casper
Barack Obama told a cheering crowd at a town hall meeting in Casper today that he would restore respect for law in the White House by reviewing every executive order issued by President George W. Bush and discarding any deemed unconstitutional.

Obama's comments came in response to a question from a man in the audience who said he worried that presidents sometimes consider themselves above the law.

As president, he said he would ask his attorney general "to review every executive order" of the Bush administration. "We are going to overturn those that were unconstitutional. We are going to overturn those that are unnecessary."

Humm -- unconstitutional and unnecessary pretty much can cover anything that Bush did. All he does, it "make it so."

They are certainly on the march of doing this.

Posted by Sherry 2009-03-03 11:05|| 2009-03-03 11:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Busily rewriting history as we watch.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-03-03 12:01|| 2009-03-03 12:01|| Front Page Top

#7 BUSH BAD, BAMA GOOD, repeat ad nauseum.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-03-03 12:03|| 2009-03-03 12:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Come on, get the sheep chorus bleating RIGHT NOW.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-03-03 12:04|| 2009-03-03 12:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Lincoln suspended habeas corpus. I guess George Bush is just like Lincoln. Oh, my mistake, only Obama is a like Lincoln ... and FDR, Churchill, and Jesus Christ.

Well maybe Churchill (Ward that is).

Posted by DMFD 2009-03-03 19:09|| 2009-03-03 19:09|| Front Page Top

#10 These folks are every bit the unserious and contemptible amateurs most of us expected. This crew is overwhelmed by current events (quietly, but clearly) and they spend a significant amount of time looking backwards and fighting past battles (battles they lost on the merits, without exception, of course). Amazing. In a depressing, infuriating, dangerous kinda way.

Posted by Verlaine 2009-03-03 21:16|| 2009-03-03 21:16|| Front Page Top

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