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Bush and the Terrorists Will Both Win
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The Supreme Court has
dealt a blow
to Bush's Imperial Presidency. It ruled that the Bush administration cannot create its own courts for Guantanamo or other detainees, a policy which also has been
used as
the foundation
for other egregious violations of American civil rights. Thank goodness that Kennedy has taken over O'Connor's role as the swing vote; without him, the Bush Supreme Court would be no less a rubber-stamp organ than the GOP-run Congress is today.
The larger issue behind this ruling is the nature of Bush's expansion of the executive branch, and the pretenses that have been used to justify it.
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Strict constructionism has become somewhat of an issue as of late. Most if not all of Bush's high-level judicial appointees have been constructionists. He likes to solemnly make the claim that he does not apply a litmus test to his candidates, and then, usually in the same breath, states that "I believe in strict constructionists. And those are the kind of judges I will appoint." As if there is a difference between the two.
But strict constructionism is more than just a litmus test. It is rapidly becoming a way to help disassemble the Constitution of the United States and render meaningless many if not most of the rights and liberties guaranteed under it. Strict constructionism is a tool being used in the current conservative quest to place as much power as possible into the hands of government, and to weaken the power, rights, and capabilities of the American people, so as to make possible the imposition of a specific social and moral structure which, by nature, is unconstitutional.
If you think that's a radical view, then read on, and I'll explain.
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