Checks and Balances? Those are only for Democratic Presidents
posted by
Wally
10:07 AM
Like when he issues signing statements saying that the bill he's signing into law doesn't apply to him, Dubya had no qualms about ignoring the rulings of the courts as well. Those two branches of government? They are there to serve him, aren't they? What is that phrase the Republicans kept using about Gonzo and Rummy and Karl? Oh yeah, as far as Bush is concerned, the Congress and the Courts "serve at the pleasure of the President."
Unfortunately, the Constitution has something different to say about that, but that's just a "goddamn piece of paper" anyway. Bush has no problem ignoring his oath to uphold and defend that goddamn piece of paper, and ignoring what it says. There's no pictures in the Constitution anyway, and he can't even color in it, so it's of no interest to him.
You ask, what did he do this time? Remember those CIA torture interrogation tapes that were destroyed? Yup, the court explicitly ordered that they be saved.CIA Destroyed Tapes Despite Court Order
The Bush administration was under court order not to discard evidence of detainee torture and abuse months before the CIA destroyed videotapes that revealed some of its harshest interrogation tactics.
The CIA destroyed the tapes in November 2005. That June, U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. had ordered the Bush administration to safeguard "all evidence and information regarding the torture, mistreatment, and abuse of detainees now at the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay."
U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler issued a nearly identical order that July.
"It's logical to infer that the documents were destroyed in order to obstruct any inquiry into the means by which statements were obtained," Remes said. That's what they got Scooter for - obstruction. Who's going to take the fall this time (so that they can be pardoned by Bush before they have to do time).
Imbalance of Power
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