Bush memos on presidential power shock legal experts

[dbackjon]

Legal experts said Tuesday they were taken aback by the claim in the latest batch of secret Bush-era memos that the president alone had the power to set the rules during the war on terrorism.

Yale law professor Jack Balkin called this a "theory of presidential dictatorship. They say the battlefield is everywhere. And the president can do anything he wants, so long as it involves the military and the enemy."

The criticism was not limited to liberals. "I agree with the left on this one," said Orin Kerr, a law professor at George Washington University. The approach in the memos "was simply not a plausible reading of the case law. The Bush [Office of Legal Counsel] eventually rejected [the] memos because they were wrong on the law, and they were right to do so."

Defenders of the administration stress that the memos were written during a time of national emergency. Officials feared, and indeed, expected another terrorist attack within the U.S. They were determined to take all possible steps to prevent it. And by the time the Bush administration came to an end, views within the Justice Department had changed dramatically.

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[Appaholic]

Defenders of the administration stress that the memos were written during a time of national emergency. Officials feared, and indeed, expected another terrorist attack within the U.S. They were determined to take all possible steps to prevent it.

The scariest justification of all.....you ESPECIALLY have to uphold the rule of law with respect to rights and freedoms during times of national emergency......or you REALLY have a national emergency....

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin

[citdog]

Defenders of the administration stress that the memos were written during a time of national emergency. Officials feared, and indeed, expected another terrorist attack within the U.S. They were determined to take all possible steps to prevent it.

The scariest justification of all.....you ESPECIALLY have to uphold the rule of law with respect to rights and freedoms during times of national emergency......or you REALLY have a national emergency....

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin

then grab a rifle and stand a post you fat, bloated, sack o shit

[Appaholic]

The scariest justification of all.....you ESPECIALLY have to uphold the rule of law with respect to rights and freedoms during times of national emergency......or you REALLY have a national emergency....

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin

then grab a rifle and stand a post you fat, bloated, sack o shit

...so I can defend your "right" to sell a piece of (Central) American-made shit to some flag-worshipper....no thanks.....BTW, based upon your ability to defend your alma mater from the evils of women and feds, it's no wonder you got a new mas'ser....