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Is This America?
TPM - New
York,NY,USA The people must rise up and demand a full and complete restoration of our political and civil rights and liberties |
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| Howard Zinn: US 'In Need of Rebellion' http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/09/09- | ||||
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The president remains convinced that he has an inherent constitutional
power to do whatever he (and he alone) considers necessary to protect
the national security. Bruce Fein, a conservative constitutional lawyer
who served in the Reagan Justice Department, was at that meeting, and
said during an August 15 Bill of Rights Defense Committee conference
call: "The president claims he doesn't have to obey any law..." |
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Democrats May Subpoena N.S.A. Documents
By JAMES RISEN The move would mark the most aggressive action yet by Congress in its oversight of the wiretapping program and could set the stage for a constitutional showdown over the separation of powers. |
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See Full Text of US Constitution
Habeas Corpus Update
"The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be
suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the
public Safety may require it."
The current suspension of Habeas Corpus is unconstitutional.
"Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and
the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the
President of the United States;[3]
If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it,
with his Objections"
Signing Statements are not
constitutional.
" The Congress shall have Power To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court"
The Bush tribunals were
unconstitutional.
"The Congress shall have Power To declare War, ...and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water." The Bush invasion and occupation of Iraq, a tacit declaration of war, was unconstitutional. "No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed."
The recent congressional ex post facto
legalization of torture is not constitutional.
"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time."
The Halliburton, Bechtal, and other
corporate giveaways, without oversight or documentation, are
unconstitutional. They remain unaccountable.
"No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay."
The use of our Oregon Guard troops in
Iraq is unconstitutional.
"The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States."
The Supreme Court's effective
installation of George Bush by judicial fiat in 2000 was
unconstitutional.
"He (The President) shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur." Bush's abrogation of treaties, without consultation with congress, was and is unconstitutional. "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding." Bush's abrogation of treaties is a violation of US law and an impeachable offense. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging
the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress
of grievances."
The Patriot act is
unconstitutional. The renditions are
unconstitutional, and cannot be declared "legal" after the
fact. Bush administration operatives remain liable for criminal
prosecution.
The Bush administration has, on a
regular basis, violated this clause. And the recent congressional
decision contradicts this clause as well. When the US Government borrowed money from the Social Security Trust fund, they are constitutionally obligated to pay it back. Bush's contention that we are just out of luck is invalid. The Government is constitutionally accountable for its debts. |
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