"No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever intended by the wit of man than that any of [the Constitution's] provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government. Such a doctrine leads directly to anarchy or despotism." --Supreme Court, 1866, Ex Parte Milligan
"There is a name for a system of government that wages aggressive war, deceives its citizens, violates their rights, abuses power and breaks the law, rejects judicial and legislative checks on itself, claims power without limit, tortures prisoners and acts in secret. It is dictatorship." --Jonathan Schell, The Nation, December 22, 2005
So far, the Republican members of the House have been willing accomplices with the White House in its many abuses of power. They have consistently ignored the high crimes and misdemeanors that make up a good part of the Bush Administration's daily routine.
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