On 6/8/06, Gruss wrote: > > While your point regarding impeachment (and I would add > power-of-the-purse) is valid, my point would be that: > > 1.) If other powers have been suspended, why not that one? And, > 2.) If the President is able to sell (or buy) Congress on his agenda > then there's no check.
If Congress agress, then it is left to the courts to uphold the Constitution. If enough people want to change the Constitution, then that's life. I guess the whole thing has been a scary wake up call to me that, > while our system may be good, it's easily defeatable. This President > has come the closer to it's limits, even crossing some, than any > President in my lifetime. > > I am now a dyed-in-the-wool weak government hawk. It isn't so much a power of government thing to me as it is a warning about the potential of the tyranny of the majority that DeTocqueville warned about. A majority may support NSA warrantless wiretaps, but it is still the role of the courts to judge whether that program, for instance, violates the law and/or the Consitution. The basic underlying strength of our country, of liberal democracy in general, of our very cvilization, is that we all agree to live more or less by the same rules. There are lots of fights around the edges about what that means, but the core principles of electoral democracy, civilian control of the military, and free market economy are not in dispute. Sometimes I think the fights between Republicans and Democrats are so bitter now because there is so little that separates the parties. -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:208557 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
