"When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he did not feel obliged to obey requirements that he inform Congress about how the FBI was using the act's expanded police powers. "
THEN WHY HAVE IT!!?
AND, WHY IS IT NECESSARY IF SPYING ON AMERICANS IS TOTALLY PERMISSIBLE!!?
This drives me nuts, and what makes me even battier is that the American people don't fucking care. If you're opposed to our presence in Iraq, then at least you can look at polling data and sat "see, the president is wrong and the American people see that."
But THIS...eh, it's ok. If it keeps us safe, go ahead!!
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Originally Posted by Max
To me, these signing statements respresent a constitutional crisis. The President is caliming the authority only to excercise and obey the law in the manner he personally interprets it. This is the same as saying he doesn't have to obey any law, ever. That congress sits there and allows this is a travesty.
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Max, the only solace I can take from this is that the courts will
ultimately overturn this stuff and pull an FDR.
I have to be honest, this stuff scares me a lot more than us being in Iraq. This man is dictating policy and setting dangerous precedents that future assholes could use to twist the law.
He's codifying the uselessness of Congress.