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To: Neeka who wrote (367891)3/7/2003 2:03:39 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
Nothing becomes law without the express approval of congress.

>>> Yep. (Except, of course, for Executive Orders, and Supreme Court rulings... which often have effects as great as any 'law'.)

>>> Congress sure lined up and saluted Patriot Act I, and DMCA, etc.

>>> I would argue that the 'checks and balances' offered by the legislative arm of our triparte government are at a particularly low point historically.

>>> The clowns in Congress are hardly where I would put great faith....