VIDEO-Out of the Past-"Torture Pimp" Gonzales hearing with Durbin

liveoaktx

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Sun Dec-18-05 06:57 PM
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VIDEO-Out of the Past-"Torture Pimp" Gonzales hearing with Durbin

where Torture Pimp explains that if Bush thinks a law is unconstitutional, he doesn't have to follow it, even if Congress passed it

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Fridays Child

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Sun Dec-18-05 07:09 PM
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1. He said the president had never exercised his alleged authority to

Edited on Sun Dec-18-05 07:09 PM by Fridays Child

...circumvent a law he viewed as unconstitutional. He also said that if the president were to do so, it would be up to the courts to sort it out.

Oh, really, Alberto? You're a liar. But, in any case, since we now know that the president actually has ignored the law, will you stand in the way of putting him on trial?

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Sun Dec-18-05 07:18 PM
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3. That is the part that disturbs me. It isn't just that Torture Pimp

thinks Bush can do what he wants, but that he says, tactitly, if they're screwing up, the courts will straighten them out. All the while they are working to limit the powers of the courts and to stack them with right-wingers.

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Sun Dec-18-05 07:10 PM
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2. And one more - VIDEO-Ashcroft/Kennedy on Torture Memo-Exec Priv

President Power according to Ashcroft

Reminders that Ashcroft AND Gonzalez believe that the president can do whatever the hell he wants by asserting executive privilege, can ignore congressional law as well.

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