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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (205891)	11/30/2001 12:48:06 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (2) of 769667

Gee....I was just going to....and here it is AGAIN! And the Bush order could easily be extended to citizens, under the administration's legal theory. Since the Sixth Amendment makes no distinction between citizens and aliens, the claim of war exigency could sweep its protections aside for anyone in this country who might fit the vague definitions of aiding terrorism. But George W. Bush would never let his order be abused, one of its defenders said the other day. It was a profoundly un-American comment. From the beginning,Americans have refused to rely on the graciousness of our leaders. We rely on legal rules. That is what John Adams meant when he said we have "a government of laws, and not of men." The Framers of our Constitution thought its great protection against tyranny was the separation of the federal government's powers into three departments: executive,legislative, judicial. Each, they reasoned, would check abuse by the others. There is the greatest danger of the Bush order. It was an act of executive fiat, imposed without even consulting Congress. And it seeks to exclude the courts entirely from a process that may fundamentally affect life and liberty. Back to Salem for the clowns in here.... CC

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