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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-09-07 09:44 AM
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Research Help...Bush's Torture Bill Signing Statement...
I'm having a discussion with my mom, who's a Bush supporter. She wants to see the Torture Bill signing statement on "some reliable website, not a liberal one". I know they're all on whitehouse.gov somewhere, but I can't find it...anyone got a link? I suppose Faux News would work too, if they bothered to cover it. Thanks!!!!
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-09-07 09:47 AM
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1. Here:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/20051230-8.html

It's paragraph 8:
"The executive branch shall construe Title X in Division A of the Act, relating to detainees, in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the President to supervise the unitary executive branch and as Commander in Chief and consistent with the constitutional limitations on the judicial power, which will assist in achieving the shared objective of the Congress and the President, evidenced in Title X, of protecting the American people from further terrorist attacks. Further, in light of the principles enunciated by the Supreme Court of the United States in 2001 in Alexander v. Sandoval, and noting that the text and structure of Title X do not create a private right of action to enforce Title X, the executive branch shall construe Title X not to create a private right of action. Finally, given the decision of the Congress reflected in subsections 1005(e) and 1005(h) that the amendments made to section 2241 of title 28, United States Code, shall apply to past, present, and future actions, including applications for writs of habeas corpus, described in that section, and noting that section 1005 does not confer any constitutional right upon an alien detained abroad as an enemy combatant, the executive branch shall construe section 1005 to preclude the Federal courts from exercising subject matter jurisdiction over any existing or future action, including applications for writs of habeas corpus, described in section 1005."
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-09-07 09:49 AM
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2. Thanks!!
Gee, I wonder why I couldn't find it, what with it being so obviously labeled, lol.

:yourock:
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-09-07 09:50 AM
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3. I know, I had to go to Wikipedia to find an exact excerpt...
and then I search whitehouse.gov with that excerpt.

Isn't it amazing how torture can be allowed in such a bland lawyerish statement?
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-09-07 09:59 AM
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4. It is amazing
and of course now my mom is going "What? I don't get it..."

So now I have to find "unbiased" (read: republican) commentary...blah.
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-09-07 10:07 AM
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5. Gonzales's Handiwork, No Doubt
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