Who am I? Ahhh see I feel that I am the highest authority, as pertains to interpretaion of political matters. If I can trust my own judgment, why then should I trust someone else's?
Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug White [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 11:45 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil > > Actually, I have read the constitution. I have likewise read many supreme > court > decisions that are supposed to be based on that document, but appear to be > more > based on doctrine as opposed to literal. > > But, it will take a far more qualified student of the constitution than I > to > state conclusively as to whet it authorizes and does not authorize. I > would > therefore imagine that with a Republican Administration, a Republican > congress, > and a Republican Supreme court, the administration can most likely do > whatever > they want to do and it will be considered constitutional. > > That doesn.t mean I agree with it, because many times I don't, but who am > I? > > ====================================== > Stop spam on your domain, use our gateway! > For CF hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com > ISP rated: http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/isp.cfm?isp_id=772 > ====================================== > If you are not satisfied with my service, my job isn't done! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Heald, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 6:37 AM > Subject: RE: Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil > > > | Doug, > | Where does the constitution allow the congress to set the executive > | as a proxy for anything that falls within its scope? Simply because > they > | wrote a law saying the president can send troops witout their approval, > | doesn't mean such a law meets the standards imposed by the constitution. > | Congress, and congress alone, has the ability to declare war. Doesn't > | matter who voted what funds where. There is no tacit implicaton of war. > | There is also no officially declared war against "terror" contrary to > | popular opinion. > | > | Have you read our constitution? The invasion was unconstitutional. > | It should not have occured in this manner. > | > | Tim > | > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
