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Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Amerikan kuningas
Viime viikolla liittovaltion tuomari Anna Diggs Taylor tuomitsi presidentin salakuunteluohjelman perustuslain vastaiseksi ja laittomaksi. Hanen mukaansa Bushin hallitus on kayttaytynyt kuin kuningas joka perii vallan, ja jonka ei tarvitse vastata tekemisistaan kansalle. Tama on demokratian ja Yhdysvaltain kansalaisoikeuksien vastaista. ACLU [American Civil Liberties Union], jonka jasen minakin olen, vei hallituksen oikeuteen ja voitti ensimmaisen eran. Bush on puolustanut salakuuntelua raivokkaasti terrorismin vastaisen sodan nimissa. Taistelu kansalaisoikeuksista jatkuu...
http://www.aclu.org/
The judge said the government, in defending the program, appeared to be saying the president had the "inherent power" to violate laws of Congress.
"It was never the intent of the framers to give the president such unfettered control," Taylor wrote in a 43-page opinion. "There are no hereditary Kings in America and no powers not created by the Constitution. So all 'inherent powers' must derive from that Constitution."
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2003209970&slug=nsa19&date=20060819
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