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JONATHAN TURLEY ON BILL O'REILLY - 12192005
Posted on 12/20/2005 3:12:26 AM PST by 7thson
Did anyone catch Bill O'Reilly last night? He put on two legal "experts" to discuss the warrentless wiretaps ordered by President Bush. One of the experts was Turley. Turley stated President Bush committed an illegal act that could be an impeachable offense. I am not worried about that. I do want to comment though about his statement and 50 USC Section 1802. How come nobody in the media has brought this up yet? I remember Turley always being hard on Clinton during the Impeachment and now he seems to always down on President Bush. What is his problem? Have this Constitutional experts not know the US Code? Someone help me out here.
TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; Unclassified; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: bush; constitution; foxnews; jonathanturdley; jonathanturley; nospinzone; nsa; oreilly; presidentbush; turley; warrentless; wiretaps
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To: Thermalseeker
"Lincoln is also quoted as saying that "The Constitution is not a suicide pact""
Actually, it was Justice Robert Jackson who first made that point. In 1949, Justice Jackson wrote in Terminiello v. City of Chicago, "There is danger that, if the court does not temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom, it will convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact."
On the other hand, Lincoln did suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus, so he was not overly concerned with legal niceties when dealing with matters of true importance.
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12/20/2005 3:01:28 PM PST
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Ninian Dryhope
("Bush lied, people dyed. Their fingers." The inestimable Mark Steyn)
To: cynicom
"Quoting Lincoln as a Saint always needs to be qualified."
Never quoted Lincoln as a saint, but the quote I used was both apt and very true.
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12/20/2005 3:10:29 PM PST
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Ninian Dryhope
("Bush lied, people dyed. Their fingers." The inestimable Mark Steyn)
To: Palladin
"All the so-called experts like Turley who are discussing this on TV, and vilifying the President for his actions, are either naive, disingenuous, stupid, or treasonous."
Or most likely, all of the above.
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12/20/2005 3:19:42 PM PST
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Ninian Dryhope
("Bush lied, people dyed. Their fingers." The inestimable Mark Steyn)
To: RhoTheta
Executive orders do not override the Constitution or Federal statutes. Otherwise, why would we need the Patriot Act?
I'd be happy to see Carter and Clinton indicted, for sure.
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12/21/2005 2:45:43 AM PST
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wotan
To: Palladin; Egon
(1) a foreign government or any component thereof, whether or not recognized by the United States;I think this problem has been laid out by W from just after 9/11. In my understanding, al Queida is more like an A&W Root Beer franchise than a government. al Queida isn't "a foreign government, or any component thereof," but was being harbored and supported by several, two of which have been reconstituted. al Queida would seem to fit inder 1801(a)(4), 1801(b)(1 and 2).
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12/21/2005 3:33:41 AM PST
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RhoTheta
To: RhoTheta
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12/21/2005 9:37:08 AM PST
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Palladin
(Merry Christmas! God bless us, every one!)
To: Palladin
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12/21/2005 10:17:21 PM PST
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Palladin
(Merry Christmas! God bless us, every one!)
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