Recently, while watching a video of Judge Andrew Napolitano commenting on revelations that Bush and his administration knew about and authorized “enhanced interrogation techniques” (ie, torture) by the CIA, I started thinking – as usual – about how all this fits in under the Constitution.
May 11, 2009 | Categories:Constitution | Tags: Constitution, Habeas Corpus, Torture |
by Ivan Eland More memos recently have surfaced that were written early in the Bush administration by John C. Yoo from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel — the man who gave us the administration’s horrifyingly narrow definition of torture. As difficult as it is to believe, the recently released memos are even scarier [...]
May 14, 2008 | Categories:Government | Tags: commander-in-chief, Constitution, Enumerated Powers, Executive Branch, Executive Power, fifth-amendment, fourth-amendment, Government, Guest Commentary, imperialism, presidency, president, Torture, War Powers |
This week, Rep. Ron Paul introduced HR 3835 – the American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007. This bill, if passed, would go a long way towards restoring liberty and the constitution in this country, and eliminate a number of “laws” that were enacted beyond the Constitution’s limit on federal power.
Oct 19, 2007 | Categories:Current Events | Tags: american-freedom-agenda, Constitution, daily-os, dailykos, democrats, detentions, Executive Power, fisa, Habeas Corpus, journalists, kidnapping, Military Tribunals, military-commissions-act, partisanship, Privacy, Ron Paul, secrecy, Signing Statements, spying, Torture |
The Presidency: Executive or Imperial Branch?
by Ivan Eland More memos recently have surfaced that were written early in the Bush administration by John C. Yoo from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel — the man who gave us the administration’s horrifyingly narrow definition of torture. As difficult as it is to believe, the recently released memos are even scarier [...]
May 14, 2008 | Categories:Government | Tags: commander-in-chief, Constitution, Enumerated Powers, Executive Branch, Executive Power, fifth-amendment, fourth-amendment, Government, Guest Commentary, imperialism, presidency, president, Torture, War Powers | Leave A Comment »