25 Jul
July 25, 2008
by John Nichols
As the House Judiciary Committee took up the question of how best to address what its chairman described as “the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush,” it was the ranking Republican in the room, Iowa Congressman Steve King, who observed that, “We are here having impeachment hearings before the Judiciary Committee.”
Posted in H Res 799, crimes, Rove/Miers/Bolton, Iran, Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld, war crimes, George W Bush, felonies, articles of impeachment, Lewis Libby, WMD, Iraq, House Judiciary Committee, Dennis Kucinich, John Conyers, Constitution, Robert Wexler, Bush Administration, Valerie Plame, high crimes, Joseph Wilson, FISA, Russ Feingold, contempt of Congress, Military Commissions Act, civil liberties, November 2006, secrecy, democracy, Founding Fathers, Tammy Baldwin, Congress, "imperial presidency", congressional investigations, habeas corpus, Liz Holtzman/Rocky Anderson/John Dean, H.Res. 1345 by: emiwest
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04 Jul
POLICE STATE AMERICA
Center for Research on Globalization
By Stephen Lendman
The president can now claim a public emergency, effectively declare martial law, suspend the Constitution for “national security,” and deploy federal and National Guard troops on the nation’s streets to suppress whatever he calls disorder. That means First Amendment guaranteed peaceful public demonstrations and all […]
Posted in fascism, war crimes, George W Bush, 9/11, neocon coup, Iraq, Pentagon, Constitution, torture, domestic spying, Bush Administration, high crimes, FISA, Supreme Court, Military Commissions Act, police state, national "security", DHS, "war on terror", privacy, civil liberties, freedom, "executive orders", November 2006, secrecy, democracy, First Amendment, dissent, Founding Fathers, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Blackwater, Global Strike Command, FALCON by: emiwest
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