Cafferty - Jail to the Chief (Video)

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Thursday August 17, 2006 · 2:46 PM PDT

2006/08/17 · 14:46

"What does this mean? It means President Bush violated his oath of office, among other things, when he swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States. It means he's been lying to us, when he tells us there's nothing illegal he's been doing.
I hope it means the arrogant inner circle at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue may finally have to start answering to the people who own that address, that would be us, about how we conduct our country's affairs."

Read the full transcript, below the fold

"Seems like we are having this discussion about the judge's ruling in the abstract, as if there's no precedent for what the judge decided. The judge upheld the ruling of the FISA court, which said if you want to wiretap phones, you need a court order to do so. The law of the land says -- get a warrant.
The actions of the administration have ignored the law of the land in that regard.
So it's not a discussion in the abstract. It's not hypothetical.
There are laws on the books against what the administration is doing. And it's about time somebody said it out loud. This federal judge rules President Bush is breaking the law by spying on people in this country without a warrant.
The judge said the president is violating the first amendment, the fourth amendment and the foreign intelligence surveillance act, FISA, passed by congress in 1978, specifically to reduce this kind of abuse of power. That's why the FISA court was created in the first place.
What does this mean? It means President Bush violated his oath of office, among other things when he swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States. It means he's been lying to us, when he tells us there's nothing illegal he's been doing.
And a 75-year-old black female judge in Michigan has finally stepped in and done the job that Congress is supposed to do, namely oversight of the executive branch over government.
But the Congress is controlled by Republicans and they are controlled by the president and they'd have done nothing in the way of oversight.
I hope it means the arrogant inner circle at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue may finally have to start answering to the people who own that address, that would be us, about how we conduct our country's affairs."

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