Bush thinks he's above the Law Greenwald: "There are numerous noteworthy items, but the most significant, by far, is that the DoJ made clear to Cong
March 24, 2006

Bush thinks he's above the Law

Greenwald:

"There are numerous noteworthy items, but the most significant, by far, is that the DoJ made clear to Congress that even if Congress passes some sort of newly amended FISA of the type which Sen. DeWine introduced, and even if the President "agrees" to it and signs it into law, the President still has the power to violate that law if he wants to. Put another way, the Administration is telling the Congress -- again -- that they can go and pass all the laws they want which purport to liberalize or restrict the President's powers, and it does not matter, because the President has and intends to preserve the power to do whatever he wants regardless of what those laws provide...read on

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