Another presidential power-grab via a "little-noticed provision"
just stop and think for a minute... this is the third post i've made today on "hidden" provisions increasing our president's already near-dictatorial powers... how many more of these are lurking out there...? i'm not sure i want to know... never mind, OF COURSE i want to know...
recess appointments... little-noticed provisions cleverly hidden inside larger pieces of legislation... signing statements... the unitary executive... war-time powers of the commander-in-chief... we still call it the united states, but it's a different country than the one i thought i was a citizen of... Submit To Propeller
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The Bush administration has appointed an extreme political partisan as the new United States attorney for Arkansas. Normally, the Senate would have vetted him, and quite possibly blocked his appointment. But the White House took advantage of a little-noticed provision of the Patriot Act, which allows it to do an end run around the Senate.
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H. E. Bud Cummins, the respected United States attorney in Little Rock, recently left office. He has been replaced on an interim basis by J. Timothy Griffin, who has a thin legal record but a résumé that includes working for Karl Rove and heading up opposition research for the Republican National Committee. Senator Mark Pryor, Democrat of Arkansas, wanted to raise concerns about Mr. Griffin’s appointment as part of the confirmation process. But he couldn’t because there was no confirmation process.
recess appointments... little-noticed provisions cleverly hidden inside larger pieces of legislation... signing statements... the unitary executive... war-time powers of the commander-in-chief... we still call it the united states, but it's a different country than the one i thought i was a citizen of... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
1/15/2007
