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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (23726)7/12/2006 7:35:26 AM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541763
 
The enforcement comes from compliance; there will be no military tribunals until Congress sets up a legal framework to hold them.

Fortunately, Supreme Court rulings rarely have to be enforced against a noncompliant party to a case. If we get to the point where Bush ignores the SCOTUS like he blows off Congress, then we are in trouble.

I don't think he has the cojones to go that far. But I wouldn't rule it out 100% if he goes off the deep end sometime before January 2009.



To: Tom Clarke who wrote (23726)7/14/2006 8:54:28 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541763
 
Do you suppose, if Bush (or any president) decided to disobey a ruling of the Supreme Court, that the US people would stand for it?

Congress has two powerful checks on the President -- the power of the purse, and the power to impeach.

The people elect the Congress. Congress is the voice of the people.

If you think the rest of the American people feel the same way you do about the Supreme Court, you're living in an echo chamber.


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