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To: Aussie Dasher
The proper question would be:

"If President Bush ordered the wiretappeding of American citizens without the approval of a judge, if one is required by statute or by the Constitution, do you agree or disagree that Congress should consider holding him accountable through impeachment?"

Most people do not understand Article II or the War Powers inherent in the office of the Presidency. If the President were to go to Congress every time he wanted to act in the pursuit of the war on terror it might be rightly deduced that he does not believe he has any Constitutional authority. If the Congress specifies in the procedures to be followed by the FISA Court process requirements for warrant authority for wiretaps in instances other than in war - it cannot encroach on the President's war powers authorized by the Constitution. There is a real interesting issue here but I'd be willing to be 90% of the people responding to this question do not understand or appreciate it. Thus the poll is worth half a bucket of warm spit.

 

41 posted on 01/15/2006 10:02:37 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Wally_Kalbacken; All

It should be obvious to all that Zogby's sympathies lie with the Pan-Arabist, anti-American troublemakers of the world. His creative polling should carry no weight.


46 posted on 01/15/2006 10:03:53 PM PST by faithincowboys
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