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Federal government sues State over immigration
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Aziz Poonawalla
Yes, it happened at last. The Justice Department is filing suit against a State in the union, because that state (which did not vote for the sitting President) passed an immigration law that directly undermines the authority of the federal government as enshrined in the US Constitution. President Obama versus the State of Arizona? Nope.…
A letter to President Bush about torture
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Aziz Poonawalla
Andrew Sullivan has written a lengthy letter to President Bush that calls upon him to acknowledge his role in authorizing torture. It’s a masterpiece and lays out the case against torture in President Bush’s own words, and makes a powerful indictment against him for his responsibility. It’s simply amazing and a must-read. Sullivan’s core appeal…
Tricky Dick Cheney and the Shadow Government
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Aziz Poonawalla
For years, critics of the Bush Administration have noted that Vice-President Cheney wielded enormous power that was essentially beyond any oversihgt by Congress or the Judiciary. His infamous declaration that he was a “fourth branch of Government” was an attempt to place all actions within the protective shroud of “executive privelege”, a claim deried by…
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