Antonin Scalia... Man, what a piece of work. I think he's a bigger douchebag than Cheney. No wonder they're good friends.
M On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 21:34 -0800, Rocky wrote: > Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper' > By DOUG THOMPSON > Dec 9, 2005, 07:53 > Email this article > Printer friendly > pagehttp://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7779.shtml > Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to > meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial > USA Patriot Act. > Several provisions of the act, passed in the shell shocked period > immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, caused enough anger that > liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union had joined forces with > prominent conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly and Bob Barr to oppose renewal. > GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous > provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the > President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet > Miers to the Supreme Court. > “I don’t give a goddamn,” Bush retorted. “I’m the President and the > Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.” > “Mr. President,” one aide in the meeting said. “There is a valid case that > the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution.” > “Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush screamed back. “It’s just > a goddamned piece of paper!” > I’ve talked to three people present for the meeting that day and they all > confirm that the President of the United States called the Constitution “a > goddamned piece of paper.” > And, to the Bush Administration, the Constitution of the United States is > little more than toilet paper stained from all the shit that this group of > power-mad despots have dumped on the freedoms that “goddamned piece of paper” > used to guarantee. > Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, while still White House counsel, wrote > that the “Constitution is an outdated document.” > Put aside, for a moment, political affiliation or personal beliefs. It > doesn’t matter if you are a Democrat, Republican or Independent. It doesn’t > matter if you support the invasion or Iraq or not. Despite our differences, > the Constitution has stood for two centuries as the defining document of our > government, the final source to determine – in the end – if something is > legal or right. > Every federal official – including the President – who takes an oath of > office swears to “uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States." > Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says he cringes when someone calls the > Constitution a “living document.” > “"Oh, how I hate the phrase we have—a 'living document,’” Scalia says. “We > now have a Constitution that means whatever we want it to mean. The > Constitution is not a living organism, for Pete's sake.” > As a judge, Scalia says, “I don't have to prove that the Constitution is > perfect; I just have to prove that it's better than anything else.” > President Bush has proposed seven amendments to the Constitution over the > last five years, including a controversial amendment to define marriage as a > “union between a man and woman.” Members of Congress have proposed some > 11,000 amendments over the last decade, ranging from repeal of the right to > bear arms to a Constitutional ban on abortion. > Scalia says the danger of tinkering with the Constitution comes from a loss > of rights. > “We can take away rights just as we can grant new ones,” Scalia warns. > “Don't think that it's a one-way street.” > And don’t buy the White House hype that the USA Patriot Act is a necessary > tool to fight terrorism. It is a dangerous law that infringes on the rights > of every American citizen and, as one brave aide told President Bush, > something that undermines the Constitution of the United States. > But why should Bush care? After all, the Constitution is just “a goddamned > piece of paper.” > > © Copyright 2005 by Capitol Hill Blue > Who is this Thompson guy anyway? The Rant Archives > > > > Thomas "Rocky" Costanzo > 888-848-8781 Voice / 561-450-5546 Fax > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1.95% fixed payment loan that pays off in 25 years. DROP your payments, get > CASH out and REDUCE the term! > "Predicting the future is easy to do, Tom...it's the WHEN that's the hard > part" Larry V. Thomason > "One Idea 10% better is worth a Million Dollars" Brian Tracy > Politics: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking > creatures'. > "Those that seek the truth are more than friends. 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