All Power to the President
Posted by Anders den april 2, 2008
Robert Parry, Consortiumnews.com: All Power to the President
The release of a five-year-old Justice Department memo underscores how far the advocates for George W. Bush’s unfettered power were ready to go. But the enduring threat is that four U.S. Supreme Court justices — one shy of a majority — favor that imperial presidency.
Though little discussed on the campaign trail, a crucial issue to be decided in November is whether the United States will return to its traditions as a constitutional Republic respecting “unalienable” human rights or whether it will finish a transformation into a frightened nation governed by an all-powerful President who can do whatever he wants during the open-ended “war on terror.”
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