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To: Fjord
I'm saying that if the president wants to wiretap international calls without warrants he needs to do so with the authority of Congress and under congressional oversight

Again, nice you have feelings. Too bad for you your feelings are completely and wholly WRONG. The Commander in Chief powers under Article 2 of the US Constitution are NOT subject to the authority of Congress. Once again your opinion here is blatantly WRONG.

Something the "Congress is King" types need to learn. Congress is a CO Equal branch of Government. IT is not the sovereign the Executive must come hat in hand to to ask permission of on each and every issue. CO EQUAL, not Congress is King. Try to remember that.

365 posted on 08/17/2006 1:00:53 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (History shows us that if you are not willing to fight, you better be prepared to die)
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To: MNJohnnie

Well, all I know is a federal judge has ruled the warrantless wiretapping illegal and unconstitutional. The president feels he doesn't have to use FISA. The president also feels he can basically do whatever he wants to "fight terrorism." Thank God at least one federal judge feels there must be some restraint on the executive's powers, especially seeing as we are not in a period of war.

Article 2 of the Constitution states that the president must "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." Clearly, by circumventing FISA, president Bush is not faithfully executing any law, but is rather violating it. I suggest you take some time to read the Constitution of the US before you do any further harm to your reputation, whatever that might be.


418 posted on 08/17/2006 2:50:48 PM PDT by Fjord
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