Think Who Might Be 45th President

Consortium News by David Swanson | May. 24, 2009 (Opinion)

let's stop to consider what powers #45 will inherit from the previous 44 men, what powers have been used by at least one previous president in recent years without being blocked by Congress or the courts or a subsequent president: the powers to rewrite laws with signing statements, to create laws by simple decree, to draft and act on secret laws specifically written to retroactively and proactively legalize crimes, to produce phony media stories and ... Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - May. 25, 2009

A short on-point discussion of the rule of law and constitutional democracy, and what needs to be done to restore it.

When a Republican president declares the power to detain people indefinitely without charge and then a Democratic president does the same, if the result is that all Americans who’ve given their loyalty to one of those parties now approve of giving that power to all future presidents, we can kiss representative democracy goodbye.

The first step toward restoring the rule of law before #45 appears is prosecuting the crimes of #43. The second step is reforming the conduct of #44. The third step is moving powers away from #44 and all future presidents and to the Congress (combined with reforming congressional elections).

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