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Terrorist plots are no more complex than international drug rings
August 3, 2007 - More

It's time to check the balance of power
July 29, 2007 - Since 9/11, President Bush's repeated assaults on the Constitution and celebration of international lawlessness in confronting al Qaeda have needlessly made Americans less safe. The president, for example, has flouted the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in intercepting the conversations and e-mails of American citizens ... More

How the judges are checking emperor Cheney
July 24, 2007 - To borrow from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, upon what meat doth this our vice-president, Dick Cheney, feed that he has grown so great? Mr Cheney’s imperial vice-presidency has trampled the conservative constitutional philosophy of the Founding Fathers. He has used the law to evade checks and balances. For example, he... More

Get Strong, Congress: How to fix the executive-privilege logjam.
July 18, 2007 - Something is rotten in the state of congressional challenges to executive privilege. The time it takes to move a challenge through the federal courts makes any potential congressional victory either stale or irrelevant. By forcing a lawsuit, the president wins politically whether or not he wins legally. If they become available only after... More

Tough Talk on Impeachment
July 13, 2007 - A public opinion poll from the American Research Group recently reported that more than four in ten Americans — 45% — favor impeachment hearings for President Bush and more than half — 54% — favored impeachment for Vice President Cheney. More

Disaffected conservatives set a litmus test for '08
June 12, 2007 - WASHINGTON -- A new political group recently asked Mitt Romney to promise not to wiretap Americans without a judge's approval or to imprison US citizens without a trial as "enemy combatants." When Romney declined to sign their pledge, the group denounced him as "unfit to serve as president."

Congress Expands Scope of Inquiries Into Justice Department Practices and Politics
March 24, 2007 - WASHINGTON, March 24 — Justice Department officials went before Congress this week to acknowledge that mistakes were made. Lawmakers remained skeptical of the accounts and demanded better answers. Members of Congress hinted at potential abuse of power and threatened to rein in the department. What... More

Conservative group campaigns against White House ‘abuses'
March 22, 2007 - WASHINGTON: Amid continuing controversy over the Bush administration's firing of eight federal prosecutors and the FBI's handling of US citizens' financial data and phone records, a new advocacy group of conservatives has launched a campaign to "restore check and balances ... under assault by the e... More

Legal Experts See Compromise; Bush Faces Battle Over Aides' Testimony
March 22, 2007 - In forbidding his top aides to testify publicly and under oath on the controversial firings of eight federal prosecu-tors, President Bush faces a potential legal battle with Congress that he may not be able to win, experts say, making a compromise more likely.With the House Judiciary Committee auth... More

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