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To: Lane3 who wrote (152037)	12/21/2005 12:17:39 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793620

the administration is arguing that the powers of the commander and chief are--I can't remember the word they're using but it means limitless. I haven't heard them going quite that far, but then I admit to trying to listen to as little news out of the Swamp as I can. But maybe you're right. After all, they can look to the fact that Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus, which in its day was viewed as being as much a bedrock of constitutional protections as the first Amendment is today.