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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says federal judges are unqualified to make rulings affecting national security policy, and generally should defer to the will of the president and Congress when deciding national security cases.

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tdash
Jan. 17, 2007, 9:31 a.m.
Well, so much for checks & balances...

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  Beau7890
  Jan. 17, 2007, 11:17 a.m.
  Gonzales and the rest of the Bush administration would prefer a dictatorship--and they've done their best to move the U.S. toward one. Fortunately, most will realize what his statement is: another transparent ploy to unconstitutionally steal power from the other branches of government.
  The constant refrain of this administration when it comes to national security has been, "we know what's best for you--don't worry your pretty little heads about it."
  
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    lostincosmos
    Jan. 17, 2007, 11:54 a.m.
    the scary part to me is that, for the most part, the american public has been willing to accept that refrain. they really do believe that the GOP will protect them (despite the fact that it's arguable that they made it worse than it was already).
    it will unfortunately, take many years before all that power can be redistributed to where it should be. unless a democrat wins the presidency next time, in which case the GOP will support all efforts to take power away :)
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    Aidenag
    Jan. 17, 2007, 12:04 p.m.
    At a loss for words... He is nothing more than a private practice lawyer, who got appointed to EVERY post he has ever held at state or federal level by Bush.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Gonzales
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  TechnologyExpert
  Jan. 17, 2007, 12:31 p.m.
  Yes, the 3 branch system was supposed to keep any one branch from becoming overly powerful. This is a blantant attempt to subvert.
  As much as this scares me, if it's true, something else scares me as much: last week NPR said 79% of conservatives approve of Bush's Iraq strategy (this was before the new strategy though). If true, this shows their base is still relatively strong and this plays to that base, who are constantly appealed to with the "fear" card.
  It's not like we will never be attacked again no matter what we do or who is in office ... that's fantasy thinking.
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Wil
Jan. 17, 2007, 12:09 p.m.
This is part of a really scary pattern. They fired all those US Attorneys, replaced some of them with GOP operatives and oppo researchers, and now Gonzales says this?
Didn't Nixon pull all this crap right before he was forced to resign? I think we're on our way to a full-blown Constitutional Crisis, which scares me. I think Bush and Cheney get more dangerous the more powerless they feel.
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coreyspring
Jan. 17, 2007, 12:39 p.m.
Six comments without someone screaming Libscape... impressive.

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  tdash
  Jan. 17, 2007, 12:45 p.m.
  I'm taking bets to see if we can make it to ten...
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drunkenhunter
Jan. 17, 2007, 1:06 p.m.
neo-cons are evil. they use the constitution for toilet paper.
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BhaktaRajPrabhu
Jan. 17, 2007, 2:08 p.m.
Alberto the OK to torture guy. Throw the bum out and take him down to welfare.
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torrent29
Jan. 17, 2007, 2:09 p.m.
Shameful, very shameful.
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earthlingerer
Jan. 17, 2007, 2:12 p.m.
Wow, the perps are picking their own judges and prosecutors in advance.
It'd be like potheads picking Cheech to prosecute them, and Chong as judge.
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JohnChasWebb
Jan. 17, 2007, 2:35 p.m.
As an attorney, Gonzales took an oath to defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution establishes three branches of government (checks and balances to prevent abuse of power) and not a dictatorship administered by the Executive Branch. If Gonzales' philosophy is followed then we will have tyranny (despotic abuse of authority) disguised as 'national security'.
Gonzales' approach to these issues is a despotic and un-constitutional attempt to suffocate the soul of America. Without the supervision of the judiciary the 'Bush Administration' (oxymoron) is an unhibited dictatorship without a conscience.
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Papiann
Jan. 17, 2007, 6:44 p.m.
Do you seriously believe that the Congress, the President, or both can effectively castrate the Supreme Court of the United States and preclude it from ruling on the constitutionality of their actions?
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Tango57
Jan. 17, 2007, 6:24 p.m.
Not once does Gonzalez refer to the constitution as a form of reference, only the will of the President is needed. This is beyond pathetic and probably illegal.
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1basque1
Jan. 17, 2007, 6:31 p.m.
Alberto Gonzales,Yes Sir Mr.Bush anything you say...I shall bend at the waist ....Sir...
Torture, no problem with that SIR..
Constitution, just a piece of paper.. SIR...
These people should scare the hell out of us...They are not to be trusted...
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bubba2
Jan. 17, 2007, 8:52 p.m.
Gonzales says, "Judges who apply an activist philosophy that stretches the law to suit policy preferences, they actually reduce the credibility and authority of the judiciary ..."
Good job of the pot calling the kettle black.
The executive branch has been "stretching the law to suit policy preferences" since W took office!
The President gets to "stretch the law" but no one else?
No thanks!
Bush and his cronies are just pi**ed off about the decision by U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor who ruled the government's warrantless surveillance program unconstitutional and ordered it stopped immediately.
I expect that Judge Taylor is now on their "black list".
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tdash
Jan. 18, 2007, 9:53 a.m.
Perhaps if your parents would have had access to birth control, we wouldn't have to listen to your name-calling, finger-pointing arrogance.
Last time I checked, the constitution makes no specific mention of the right to pick your nose and eat your boogers. So, I guess you had better stop doing that.
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YingYang
Jan. 17, 2007, 8:54 p.m.
hey, Cheney must have pictures of this guy f/cking a chicken or something, nobody could be this un-american without being blackmailed
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deathray
Jan. 17, 2007, 9:41 p.m.
Libscape!
just kidding...