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President-elect Barack Obama is expected to move swiftly to reverse executive orders regarding torture of terror suspects, the military prison at Guantanamo Bay and other controversial security policies, sources close to his transition said, in dramatic gestures aimed at reversing President Bush’s accumulation of executive power.
Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) said he’s been informed that President Obama will support his proposed legislation to make public some opinions from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, which issued some of the Bush Administration's most sweeping claims of executive power. Obama also has promised to limit President Bush's practice of using "signing statements" to amend legislation.
"Every day we get indications that they're serious about reversing the abuses of the Constitution," Feingold, a harsh Bush critic, told Politico. Feingold said he thinks Obama is likely to issue executive orders rapidly reversing Bush policies, and others have indicate that those will likely cover the interrogation and detention of terror suspects, and keeping the records of past presidents secret.
-Here comes the transparency we've been lacking over the last 8 years. Brace yourselves. This is going to be ugly.- BansheewailPresident-elect Barack Obama is expected to move swiftly to reverse executive orders... more
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During Bush's rush to make our democracy an imperial state, he used signing statements, executive orders, and executive privilege heavily. In doing so, he's made the job of all subsequent Presidents harder and riskier.During Bush's rush to make our democracy an imperial state, he used signing... more
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“President Bush quietly has claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans’ mail without a judge’s warrant.
Bush asserted the new authority Dec. 20 after signing legislation that overhauls some postal regulations. He then issued a “signing statement” that declared his right to open mail under emergency conditions, contrary to existing law and contradicting the bill he had just signed, according to experts who have reviewed it.”
Let's hear it for America!“President Bush quietly has claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans’... more
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It's about time!
"I reject the notion in his signing statement that he can pick and choose which provisions of this law to execute," said Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California. "His job, under the Constitution, is to faithfully execute the law - every part of it - and I expect him to do just that."
I have been waiting for her to object! She's the leader! She should lead! Make him take back the signing statement. If it is in any way contrary to the spirit of the Constitution, she should be calling for hearings to address the issue. WE THE PEOPLE are the ones the Constitution is supposed to represent! I voted for the Democrats to represent me! Signing statements are wrong. The President should not be above the law! It’s an ‘Assault on Reason’!
It's about time!
"I reject the notion in his signing statement that he... more
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Very few doubt that Bush and Cheney have wrecked havoc on America and caused hundreds of thousands of deaths throughout the world, but in retrospect, their actions and behavior have been condoned and suppressed by America?s fascist Mainstream News Media - and without their support, The Commander in Thief and Darth Cheney would have been impeached, removed from office, and prosecuted for their crimes years ago if we still had real news and true investigative reporting in the United States.
The MSM, now owned and controlled by corporate America, have betrayed the people, and without their betrayal, the criminal actions of a Presidency that is out of control would have been halted long before they were able to bankrupt our country and compromise the very essence of liberty and freedom! Those who control Fox News, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and the huge amount of radio and television stations throughout our country - which are being bought-out by fascist forces that support corporatism and tyranny, are still gaining in strength - and as usual, Fox News, The Republican Learning Channel, constantly leads the charge to change a democratic republic into a fascist and authoritarian state. Our anti-trust laws have been ignored and changed to allow the enemies of freedom to flourish, while individual rights are now severely curtailed and are disappearing almost as fast as the wealth and integrity that once made America the world?s most respected superpower.
"For the past several years I have been telling anyone that would listen, mainstream news media are co-conspirators to this administration, putting America in Constitutional Crisis.
America is at a turning point, we are either governed by the Constitution and the 'Rule of Law' or we are not. We are in the process of setting precedence for future governance.
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Our future Presidents are no longer obligated to uphold the Constitution and the Rule of Law. The signing statements and presidential whims now supersede the Constitution and the 'Rule of Law'. This President and mainstream media have made a mockery of the 'Oath of Office'. The President swears to uphold the Constitution and the 'Rule of Law'? Who will write the new Oath? Will they include the verbiage; "The Constitution and Rule of Law are now open to the President's interpretation"?
Mainstream media survives via sponsors! Sponsors survive via consumers! Consumers and democracy survive via honesty in jornalism! As consumers we have more power than we are lead to believe. We need to turn the channel when mainstream media spins fact and spin as equal. *Facts are facts*, *spin is - spin distorting facts*! We need to take back our airwaves and demand honesty in jornalism via the power of the purse! Money talks, spin walks!
Very few doubt that Bush and Cheney have wrecked havoc on America and caused... more
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Earlier this month, senator Sheldon Whitehouse made a stunning revelation: the president is not legally obliged to follow his own executive orders.
This nation is at one of the most perilous and sensitive junctures in its history: either the true rule of law prevails, or the rule of men prevails. Corporate America owns the airwaves and they are spinning 'Rule of Men' as Law of the Land. It is not, we are America, with a Constitution which requires the 'Rule of Law' as our form of government.
Earlier this month, senator Sheldon Whitehouse made a stunning revelation: the... more
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