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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
What you are saying is profoundly unAmerican.
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Really.
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
We revolted from English rule to avoid living under an unchecked executive branch. There is a reason why we have checks and balances. The legislative and judicial branches are coequal parts of the government, not mere impediments to the President's wishes.
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You are talking about domestic issues. We fought the revolution so our own government could not discard our rights. Not so our government had to respect someone in Russia's rights. The executive has unchecked power when it comes to foreign policy or military matters. The only check on this power is the Congress not the courts. That is the way it has always been.
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop It's astonishing to me that you can say the things you say in this post and then turn around and suggest that the global war on terrorism does not implicate our rights. If the executive branch is unchecked by the judiciary or the legislature, we have no rights.
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Man. You just don't get it. This is a blanket statement that is so general it is meaningless. You say "if the executive branch is unchecked by the judisiary or the legislature we have no rights." That is true but that is not what we are talking about. We are not saying the the executive branch is unchecked - it is check domestically just no internationally. That is a huge distinction you are ignoring, and the fact that you won't acknowledge that makes all your comments ridiculous.
So if the courts don't control our military's conduct overseas then we have no rights. Give me a break. The courts don't and we still have our rights.
If the Executive runs unchecked internationally that has nothing to do with me. As long as the Executive does not run unchecked domestically we are fine.
