I guess GWB really believes he is above the law..claims authority to break 750+ laws

[DarrylS]

George really believes he is above the law, and this will be another article of impeachment...instead of talking about Susan Sarandon and George Clooney, this is the real stuff folks, not all that crap that distracts from the real issues presented by the right wing entertainment folks.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/wa...dreds_of_laws/

WASHINGTON -- President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.
Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems, ''whistle-blower" protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research.
Legal scholars say the scope and aggression of Bush's assertions that he can bypass laws represent a concerted effort to expand his power at the expense of Congress, upsetting the balance between the branches of government. The Constitution is clear in assigning to Congress the power to write the laws and to the president a duty ''to take care that the laws be faithfully executed." Bush, however, has repeatedly declared that he does not need to ''execute" a law he believes is unconstitutional.

[Patters]

This is really scary. Our cowardly Congress has truly made itself ineffective and abdicated its responsibility. It's similar to Saddam's Congress. (Though, in fairness to Bush, he has only caused around 40,000 civilian deaths, while Saddam caused considerably more.)

[DarrylS]

You know what is even scarier all the righties PFIEL, ELOROCKS, Harry Boy and crew are all doing their circle jerk over Susan Sarandon and hollywood, but not commenting on this, guess Rush told them that is the real issue.

[Pujo]

To some extent congress probably does pass laws that infringe on the executive branch. But many of the cases here are laws which the Supreme Court has previously ruled to be constitutional. And in any case, for over 200 years the courts have been the interperters of the constitution, not the executive. Generally a branch of government should not be interperting their own powers. If Bush has a problem with a law, he should sue and have it thrown out. I'd even support his right, where needed for security reasons, to ignore the law while the challenge is pending, but what Bush is doing now could lead to a constitutional crisis down the road.

[Harry Boy]

Why doesn't Uncle Teddy & Pelosi have him arrested?

[Pujo]

Originally Posted by Harry Boy

Why doesn't Uncle Teddy & Pelosi have him arrested?

In Harry Boy-land, they could do that. In America, congressmen don't have the power of arrest.

[Turk]

Originally Posted by Pujo

In Harry Boy-land, they could do that. In America, congressmen don't have the power of arrest.

The three branches of our government were covered in 10th grade.
Harry had already quit school by then.

[dryheat44]

His brother's been doing it in Florida for eight years now, W.'s probably a bit jealous.

The arrogance of W. truly knows no bounds.

[Harry Boy]

Originally Posted by Pujo

In Harry Boy-land, they could do that. In America, congressmen don't have the power of arrest.

Read slowly now egg-heads my post says "why don't they HAVE him arrested"
I don't expect that fat drunken f-cking Kennedy to walk into the Oval Office and say "Mr President, you have the right to remain silent"

I SAID, "THEY SHOULD HAVE HIM ARRESTED, THEY SHOULD CALL THE COPS"

[Pujo]

Originally Posted by Harry Boy

Read slowly now egg-heads my post says "why don't they HAVE him arrested"
I don't expect that fat drunken f-cking Kennedy to walk into the Oval Office and say "Mr President, you have the right to remain silent"

I SAID, "THEY SHOULD HAVE HIM ARRESTED, THEY SHOULD CALL THE COPS"

Your explanation doesn't make what you said any more accurate. Surely you know the Attorney General, who serves at the pleasure of the President, is the law enforcement authority in America and doesn't take orders from Congress. Maybe you should be asking why the GOP let the independent counsel statute expire after the Clinton investigation?