Sen. Whitehouse reveals Bush claims to be above any Law..!


	Sen. Whitehouse reveals Bush claims to be above any Law..!

TJColatrella

12-10-2007 12:49 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/493e6249-daf2-43cd-a471-902504d7dbd4/07DACD49-C650-4319-940D-E45F158114A5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/12/07/whitehouse-rips-the-white-house/" href="http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/12/07/whitehouse-rips-the-white-house/" style="font-size: 11px;">emptywheel.firedoglake.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/12/07/whitehouse-rips-the-white-house/"><H2><A title="Permanent Link to Whitehouse Reveals Smoking Gun of White House Claiming Not to Be Bound by Any Law" rel="bookmark" href="http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/12/07/whitehouse-rips-the-white-house/">Whitehouse Reveals Smoking Gun of White House Claiming Not to Be Bound by Any Law</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/12/07/whitehouse-rips-the-white-house/"><OL>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">An executive order cannot limit a President.  <STRONG>There is no constitutional requirement for a President to issue a new executive order whenever he wishes to depart from the terms of a previous executive order.  </STRONG>Rather than violate an executive order, the President has instead modified or waived it.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>The President, exercising his constitutional authority under Article II, can determine whether an action is a lawful exercise of the President's authority under Article II.</STRONG></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">The Department of Justice is bound by the President's legal determinations. [my emphasis] </LI>
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