Fixing America, Erasing Bush

TruthOut by William Rivers Pitt, | May. 25, 2009 (Opinion)

issues of torture and secrecy lead directly to the office of the President of the United States, and the manner in which Mr. Obama has proceeded thus far offends the very nature of the nation he presumes to lead. Mr. Obama sang the praises of our founding documents on Thursday, while failing utterly to live up to the oath he swore to them. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Law, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. White House, U.S. Constitution
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - May 25, 2009 - 5:23 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Tanya J. Maurer (review), Leslie Deming (review), Randy Morrow (review), William J. Glassberg (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - May 25, 2009 - 5:23 PM PDT

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 by Dwight Rousu - May. 25, 2009

Pitts places the choice of a supreme court justice into the critical question of executive abuse of powers.

Will any president limit presidential powers for the good of the nation?

It was the Bush administration’s abuse of Executive Privilege and Executive power that led to America’s use of torture, and to the veil of untouchable secrecy that ... More »

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Tanya J. Maurer
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 by Tanya J. Maurer - May. 28, 2009
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 by Randy Morrow - May. 31, 2009
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 by Leslie Deming - May. 30, 2009
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