GOP congressman says Congress must investigate the Bush
administration
http://www.americablog.com/2008/11/gop-congressman-says-congress-must.htm=
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Mickey Edwards:
There should be a thorough investigation of the ways in which the
current Administration may have disregarded the Constitution
(examples: under the Constitution, the suspension of habeas corpus
rights -- for anybody -- is flatly prohibited; the Constitution gives
to the Congress, not the Executive, the sole authority to determine
the treatment of captives; surveillance of American citizens requires
a warrant). But that investigation should -- no, must -- be carried
out not by an independent commission but by the Congress, just as
Harry Truman, a Democratic Senator, investigated the War Department in
a Democratic Administration and just as a Congress controlled by
Democrats investigated the Watergate break-in during a Republican
Administration. Party considerations must not trump legislative
responsibility. The Congress has the obligation to examine whether
laws were broken or new laws are needed. Members of Congress have
taken an oath to defend the Constitution. During the Bush
Administration, the Congress receded further and further into
irrelevancy; it is up to its new members to ensure that it regains its
position as the First Branch of government. The original post begins
with the wrong premise: the competing forces in this drama are not
Republicans and Democrats but the Executive Branch and the Legislative
Branch and it's high time that the legislative branch re-established
itself as a separate, independent and equal check on the presidency.
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http://groups.google.com/group/alt.radio.talk.dr-laura/msg/73bc8ec85186ec37
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