On Saturday 14 December 2002 18:18, Mike Rosing wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Tim May wrote:
> > Lincoln's notion that the Constitution is suspendable during a war,
> > or other emergency conditions, was disgraceful. Nothing in the
> > Constitution says that it is suspended when a President declares it
> > to be suspended.
>
> Power is what power does. He got away with it, that's all that
> counts.
Well, until April 14, 1865, anyway. Sic semper tyrannis.
--
Steve Furlong Computer Condottiere Have GNU, Will Travel
You don't expect governments to obey the law because of some higher
moral development. You expect them to obey the law because they know
that if they don't, those who aren't shot will be hanged.
--Michael Shirley
