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To: Sam who wrote (198407)	8/21/2006 5:25:15 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Saying that the office of the president has some powers directly granted by the constitution is not the same as saying the president is above the law. 1 - The president himself is not above the law, he can be impeached, or prosecuted for illegal actions. 2 - The constitution is the law. Its the highest law of the land. If the constitution gives the office of the presidency a power, than the president can use it without it being illegal. Of course the question that brings up is pretty obvious - Are the surveillance activities in question legitimate constitutional powers of the president? If you say they are not, I'm not going to put you down for saying so. I think a reasonable argument can be made that they are not, or that they are only in limited circumstances. OTOH that isn't the ONLY reasonable argument that can be made. This is one of the borderline cases, or gray areas of the constitution as far as I am concerned.